Common Black Removal
Mystery Booster 2 543 • rare
- Set
- Mystery Booster 2
- Collector number
- 543
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana black mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Michelle Esposito
- Market price
- $0.22
What it does
Choose one. Destroy target creature, then —
• Create a Food token.
• Create a Treasure token.
• Put a menace counter on a creature you control.
• That creature's controller mills cards equal to its power.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyNot legal
- VintageNot legal
- CommanderNot legal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerNot legal
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Where it came from
Common Black Removal was released in 2024 as part of Mystery Booster 2, a product designed by Wizards of the Coast to celebrate the history of Magic: The Gathering through a chaotic, curated draft experience. The card is a self-referential joke, satirizing the abundance of efficient black-mana spells capable of destroying creatures, a staple design pillar of the color throughout the game's long history.
The card was illustrated by Michelle Esposito, who leaned into the humorous, meta-textual nature of the set. By stripping away complex mechanics and focusing on the literal function of black removal spells, the design serves as both a functional, if tongue-in-cheek, gameplay element and a commentary on the iterative card design tropes that have characterized the game for decades.
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About Common Black Removal
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