Consult the Necrosages
Ravnica: City of Guilds 199 • common
- Set
- Ravnica: City of Guilds
- Collector number
- 199
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana blue mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black · Blue
- Artist
- Paolo Parente
- Market price
- $0.18
What it does
Choose one —
• Target player draws two cards.
• Target player discards two cards.
Dimir rank and file never see nor hear their guildmaster. All orders are given through mysterious necrosages who appear from the shadows, tersely toss out a command, and then melt into the darkness.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Consult the Necrosages was released in 2005 as part of the Ravnica: City of Guilds expansion for Magic: The Gathering. The card was designed to represent the Golgari Swarm, one of the ten guilds of the plane of Ravnica, which focuses on the intersection of life and death. Mechanically, it reflects the guild's alignment with black and green mana, offering a balance of discard and card draw effects that emphasize the Golgari philosophy of decay facilitating new growth.
The artwork was illustrated by Dave Dorman, a celebrated fantasy and science fiction artist known for his distinct, atmospheric painting style. Dorman captured the grim, subterranean aesthetic of the Ravnica undercity, depicting the necrotic scholars associated with the guild. Upon release, the card was received as a functional, flavor-rich inclusion for players exploring the Golgari archetype, grounding the set's complex urban world-building in a tangible, tactile visual identity.
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