Dead Weight
Innistrad 96 • common
- Set
- Innistrad
- Collector number
- 96
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Randy Gallegos
- Market price
- $0.12
What it does
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets -2/-2.
The crueler vampires' idea of free-range farming.
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 introduced in the 2011 Magic: The Gathering expansion set Innistrad. As part of a gothic horror-themed block, the card was designed to mechanically represent the pervasive gloom and supernatural burdens inherent in the set's flavor. It serves as an enchantment that provides a permanent debuff to a creature, visually and thematically capturing the sense of an entity being slowed or crushed by spectral forces.
The artwork for this iteration was illustrated by Volkan Baga, whose approach emphasizes the somber, oppressive atmosphere characteristic of the Innistrad plane. By focusing on the tangible weight of necromancy and decay, Baga’s illustration aligns with the set's aesthetic goal of grounding high-fantasy magic in a more visceral, macabre reality. The card was well-received by players for its efficiency in limited play and its tight integration of form and function within the horror-centric narrative.
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