Defile
Warhammer 40,000 Commander 199 • uncommon
- Set
- Warhammer 40,000 Commander
- Collector number
- 199
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Stanton Feng
- Market price
- $2.04
What it does
Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn for each Swamp you control.
"Agresto, bring up the rear . . . Agresto?"— Sergeant Dremark Eigen, last words
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Defile was released in 2022 as part of the Warhammer 40,000 Commander set for Magic: The Gathering. This set marked a significant expansion in Wizards of the Coast's Universes Beyond initiative, which integrates iconic intellectual properties into the game's mechanics. The card was specifically included in the Ruinous Powers deck, which centers on the chaotic influence of the Chaos Gods within the grimdark setting of the Warhammer 40,000 universe.
The card features artwork by illustrator Greg Staples, a veteran artist known for his dark and visceral contributions to both the Warhammer 40,000 lore and the Magic: The Gathering multiverse. His design for Defile captures the encroaching corruption characteristic of the setting, using muted tones and macabre imagery to reflect the spell's mechanical ability to weaken creatures based on the number of Swamps a player controls. The design was received as an effective thematic translation of the tabletop game’s oppressive atmosphere into a functional card game mechanic.
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