Dead Weight
The List GRN-67 • common
- Set
- The List
- Collector number
- GRN-67
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Lake Hurwitz
- Market price
- $0.12
What it does
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets -2/-2.
All things considered, his first day on patrol could have gone better.
Where you can play it
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Dead Weight was originally printed as a common enchantment in the Gatecrash set of Magic: The Gathering, released in early 2013. Designed as a functional tool for Limited play, the card serves to weaken an opponent's creature by providing a permanent -2/-2 modifier. It reflects the set's focus on the Orzhov Syndicate, a guild within the Ravnica plane known for its themes of debt, corruption, and spiritual bureaucracy, where the card’s art and name evoke the heavy psychological and physical burden of owing a debt to the Church of Deals.
The version appearing in The List—a curated selection of cards that occasionally appear in Set Boosters—retains the illustration by Nils Hamm. Hamm's work is celebrated for its atmospheric, often painterly, and slightly unsettling aesthetic, which fits the Orzhov’s gothic, gloomy style perfectly. While the card is a standard utility piece rather than a high-value collectible, it remains a consistent example of the game's commitment to mechanical flavor and the visual cohesion of the Ravnica block's identity.
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