Carnophage
Exodus 53 • common
- Set
- Exodus
- Collector number
- 53
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Pete Venters
- Market price
- $0.73
What it does
At the beginning of your upkeep, tap this creature unless you pay 1 life.
Eating is all it knows.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Carnophage was released in 1998 as part of the Exodus expansion, the third and final set in the Rath Cycle of the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed by Wizards of the Coast, the set was designed to explore themes of displacement and the dark, industrial aesthetic of the plane of Rath. The card serves as an early-game aggressor in the black color identity, reflecting the set's mechanical focus on high-risk, high-reward creature spells that require a life payment to function effectively.
The card features artwork by Pete Venters, a prolific illustrator whose contributions define much of the visual identity of late 1990s Magic. Venters sought to capture the grotesque and predatory nature of the creature, emphasizing its parasitic physiology to mirror the card's gameplay mechanic of draining the player's health. Upon its release, it was well-received by competitive players for its efficiency, quickly becoming a staple in aggressive deck archetypes of the era.
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