Dead Weight
Jumpstart 2022 393 • common
- Set
- Jumpstart 2022
- Collector number
- 393
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Lake Hurwitz
- Market price
- $0.08
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 in the Innistrad expansion in 2011, designed as a common black enchantment to provide removal for smaller creatures. The card represents a recurring mechanical concept in Magic: The Gathering, where a creature is burdened by a literal weight, reflecting the game's frequent use of top-down design to translate narrative tropes into mechanical drawbacks.
For the Jumpstart 2022 release, this version features new artwork by Alayna Danner. Her illustration captures the gothic horror aesthetic central to the Innistrad setting, depicting the ethereal and oppressive nature of the enchantment. The card was selected for inclusion in this set to support the graveyard and creature-focused themes typical of the black color identity within the Jumpstart play experience.
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