Crosis, the Purger
Premium Deck Series: Graveborn 5 • rare
- Set
- Premium Deck Series: Graveborn
- Collector number
- 5
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana blue mana black mana red mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black · Red · Blue
- Artist
- Chris Rahn
- Finish
- Foil
What it does
Flying
Whenever Crosis deals combat damage to a player, you may pay 2 generic mana black mana. If you do, choose a color, then that player reveals their hand and discards all cards of that color.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Crosis, the Purger originally debuted in the 2000 Invasion expansion for Magic: The Gathering, designed by artist Vance Kovacs. As one of the five legendary Elder Dragons of the Grixis shard, the card was crafted to represent the dragon's cruel, discard-focused mechanical identity. Its inclusion in the 2011 Premium Deck Series: Graveborn served to spotlight graveyard-centric strategies, reprinting the card with a unique foil treatment and updated aesthetic to appeal to collectors interested in the evolution of the game's creature archetypes.
The Graveborn series was curated by Wizards of the Coast to provide players with a cohesive, high-power deck themed around reanimation. By featuring Crosis, the Purger alongside other iconic black-aligned creatures, the developers aimed to bridge the gap between vintage card lore and modern playability. The card's design remains a classic example of the 'Dragons of Invasion' cycle, celebrated by players for its ability to punish opponents by forcing discards based on color, cementing its status as a staple of early 2000s control strategies.
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