Curse of the Bloody Tome
Innistrad 50 • common
- Set
- Innistrad
- Collector number
- 50
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Jaime Jones
- Market price
- $0.23
What it does
Enchant player
At the beginning of enchanted player's upkeep, that player mills two cards.
After seeing his life's work drip away, the mage decided it was a good time to go crazy.
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
Curse of the Bloody Tome was released in 2011 as part of the Innistrad expansion for Magic: The Gathering. The set was designed to evoke classic gothic horror themes, shifting away from high fantasy tropes toward a moodier, darker aesthetic defined by vampires, werewolves, and the influence of early cinema. The card functions as an Enchantment—Aura that curses a player to discard cards from their library, embodying the set's mechanical focus on self-milling and graveyard synergy.
The artwork was illustrated by Steve Argyle, who was tasked with capturing the visceral, unsettling nature of the source material. The image depicts a forbidden, macabre book, emphasizing a sense of eldritch dread that fits the set's narrative of encroaching corruption. Upon release, the card became a staple of limited formats, praised by players for its ability to provide a consistent, inevitable win condition through deck depletion.
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