Brood of Cockroaches
Visions 53 • uncommon
- Set
- Visions
- Collector number
- 53
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Geofrey Darrow & I. Rabarot
- Market price
- $0.46
What it does
When this creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, at the beginning of the next end step, you lose 1 life and return this card to your hand.
"It's like waking on a bed of a thousand olives during an earthquake of subtle force."— Afari, *Tales*
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Brood of Cockroaches was released in 1997 as part of the Visions expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed by Wizards of the Coast, the set was designed to explore themes of light and shadow, leaning into an aesthetic inspired by Japanese mythology and folklore. The card itself mechanicalizes the resilient nature of its namesake, allowing players to return the creature to their hand upon death to represent the relentless cycle of infestation.
The card features artwork by artist Quinton Hoover, whose distinct, painterly style was a staple of early Magic expansions. Hoover was known for his emotive character designs and soft, flowing line work, which he utilized here to create an unsettling, swarming imagery that fit the card's grim theme. Upon its release, the card became a modest cult favorite among players who appreciated its unique recursive ability in black-aligned deck archetypes, serving as an early example of persistent graveyard-related utility.
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