Cremate
Return to Ravnica 59 • common
- Set
- Return to Ravnica
- Collector number
- 59
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Cynthia Sheppard
- Market price
- $0.17
What it does
Exile target card from a graveyard.
Draw a card.
"Without a body, the soul is helpless to fight the terms of our contracts."— Somhaur, Orzhov pontiff
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Cremate was released in 2012 as part of the Return to Ravnica expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. This set marked a return to the fan-favorite plane of Ravnica, a cityscape controlled by ten distinct guilds. The card was designed as a low-cost, black-aligned instant spell that functions as both a tactical tool for graveyard disruption and a means of card cycling, reflecting the utilitarian and sometimes morbid nature of the Orzhov Syndicate and Golgari Swarm guilds associated with death and recycling.
The artwork for this particular iteration of Cremate was illustrated by Kev Walker, a prolific artist known for his dark, visceral style. Walker’s depiction focuses on the grim finality of the spell, utilizing stark lighting and shadow to emphasize the themes of entropy and magical decay central to the lore of the Ravnica plane. Upon its release, the card was received as a functional, if situational, utility piece, frequently finding a home in competitive sideboards where players needed to interact with graveyards to halt opposing strategies.
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