Carrion Howler
Ravnica: City of Guilds 79 • uncommon
- Set
- Ravnica: City of Guilds
- Collector number
- 79
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- John Zeleznik
- Market price
- $0.16
What it does
Pay 1 life: This creature gets +2/-1 until end of turn.
They chase tirelessly after the bone-carts that speed along the streets of the Plague Quarter.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Carrion Howler was released as part of the Ravnica: City of Guilds expansion in 2005. The set was designed to introduce the unique urban environment of Ravnica, a world-spanning city-plane governed by ten competing guilds. The creature belongs to the Golgari Swarm, the guild responsible for managing the city's waste and decay, which reflects the card's thematic focus on life and death cycles within the game's mechanics.
Artist John Zeleznik provided the illustration for the piece, employing a dark, visceral aesthetic to capture the macabre nature of the Golgari. His design emphasizes the grotesque physicality of the creature, aligning with the artistic direction for the set that sought to distinguish each guild through distinct color palettes and biological motifs. Upon its release, it was recognized as a functional uncommon card that exemplified the gritty, ecological horror style that became a staple of the Ravnica plane.
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About Carrion Howler
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