Brood of Cockroaches
The List VIS-53 • uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Collector number
- VIS-53
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Geofrey Darrow & I. Rabarot
- Market price
- $0.17
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 originally printed in the 1996 Visions expansion for Magic: The Gathering. The set was designed by Wizards of the Coast to lean into a distinct flavor inspired by mythology and folklore, and this particular card was conceived to reflect the thematic grimness associated with the black color alignment in the game's color pie. It was illustrated by artist Dameon Willich, who captured the unsettling nature of the creature through a dark, organic aesthetic that emphasized the card's mechanics of recursion.
The card gained renewed visibility when it was included in The List, a curated selection of reprints integrated into modern booster packs to provide players with access to older, out-of-print cards. This inclusion acknowledges the card's history within the early eras of the game, maintaining its presence in the community as a niche utility card rather than a competitive staple. While it is not a cornerstone of tournament play, it remains a recognized piece of the game's long-running visual catalog.
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