Corrupting Licid
Stronghold 54 • uncommon
- Set
- Stronghold
- Collector number
- 54
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Thomas M. Baxa
- Market price
- $0.23
What it does
black mana, tap: This creature loses this ability and becomes an Aura enchantment with enchant creature. Attach it to target creature. You may pay black mana to end this effect.
Enchanted creature has fear. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Corrupting Licid was released in 1998 as part of the Stronghold set, the second expansion in the Rath Cycle of Magic: The Gathering. The card represents the unique Licid creature type, a mechanic designed to bridge the gap between creatures and enchantments by allowing the card to physically transform its rules text and card type during gameplay, reflecting the theme of parasitic growth prevalent in the set's storyline.
The artwork was commissioned from Thomas M. Baxa, a prolific illustrator known for his contributions to the game's darker, more gothic aesthetics during the late 1990s. Baxa’s design for the Corrupting Licid focuses on the grotesque, biomechanical nature of the creature, intending to visually communicate the flavor of a being that literally fuses with its host to drain strength, a visual language that was well-received by players for its consistency with the set's horror-inspired narrative.
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About Corrupting Licid
Corrupting Licid is a card in the Magic: The Gathering catalog on collecto.rs. Stronghold 54 • uncommon. Catalog data is sourced from Scryfall. 1 collector on collecto.rs publicly track this card.
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