Cruel Celebrant
The List WAR-188 • uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Collector number
- WAR-188
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- white mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black · White
- Artist
- Bastien L. Deharme
- Market price
- $3.57
What it does
Whenever this creature or another creature or planeswalker you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
"Whichever side wins, I'm sure the banquet will be superb."
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Cruel Celebrant was originally printed as an uncommon card in the War of the Spark expansion for Magic: The Gathering, released in May 2019. The set served as a climactic narrative turning point, depicting a planar invasion by the dragon planeswalker Nicol Bolas. Mechanically, the card was designed to support Orzhov-colored strategies, which center on death triggers and sacrificial playstyles, reflecting the bleak, authoritarian nature of the plane of Ravnica under the antagonist's influence.
The card features artwork by Anna Steinbauer, who utilized a gothic and visceral aesthetic to capture the essence of a liturgical figure officiating a ritual of suffering. The design intent was to create a reliable engine for draining life from opponents whenever creatures under the player's control perish. Upon its release, it became a staple in various constructed formats, valued for its efficient utility and its role as a key piece in aggressive graveyard-oriented decks.
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