Cephalid Illusionist
The List TOR-28 • uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Collector number
- TOR-28
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Pete Venters
- Market price
- $0.35
What it does
Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability, mill three cards.
2 generic mana blue mana, tap: Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by target creature you control this turn.
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
The Cephalid Illusionist was originally printed as part of the Torment expansion for the Magic: The Gathering card game, released in 2002. Set on the plane of Otaria, the expansion focused on themes of madness and dark magic, featuring the cephalid race as master manipulators of illusion and psychic water-magic. The card’s design, illustrated by Pete Venters, reflects the cephalids' unsettling, squid-like physiology and their reputation as devious scholars within the game’s deep lore.
The version from 'The List' is a reprint curation by Wizards of the Coast, intended to reintroduce older, legacy cards into the modern ecosystem of set boosters. By including cards like the Cephalid Illusionist in this curated slot, the developers acknowledge the card's specific mechanical utility in combo-heavy deck archetypes, particularly its interaction with cards like Nomads en-Kor. Its inclusion preserves the history of early-2000s gameplay mechanics while keeping older, specialized cards accessible to contemporary players.
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