Confront the Unknown
Shadows over Innistrad 198 • common
- Set
- Shadows over Innistrad
- Collector number
- 198
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- green mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Kev Walker
- Market price
- $0.09
What it does
Investigate, then target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each Clue you control. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "2 generic mana, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
"Never flinch from the truth."— Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Released in 2016 as part of the Shadows over Innistrad expansion for Magic: The Gathering, this card reflects the set's gothic horror themes and the atmosphere of a world descending into madness. The set was designed to revisit the plane of Innistrad, focusing on the encroaching influence of the Eldrazi titan Emrakul, which introduced a sense of cosmic dread to the established vampire and werewolf lore of the setting.
The artwork, illustrated by Magali Villeneuve, captures the essence of the card's effect—searching one's library to reveal a creature. Villeneuve's design emphasizes the isolation and mystery inherent to the Innistrad plane, using light and shadow to convey the protagonist's discovery. The card was received by players as a functional utility piece in green-aligned decks, praised for its ability to bridge early-game setup with mid-game threats.
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