Demotion
Guilds of Ravnica 9 • uncommon
- Set
- Guilds of Ravnica
- Collector number
- 9
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- white mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Joe Slucher
- Market price
- $0.19
What it does
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't block, and its activated abilities can't be activated.
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Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Demotion was released in 2018 as part of the Guilds of Ravnica expansion for Magic: The Gathering, a set that returned players to the iconic urban cityscape of Ravnica. Designed as a common-rarity white enchantment with the aura subtype, the card fits into the set's mechanical focus on multi-color guild identities and board interaction. Mechanically, it serves as a limited-format removal spell, allowing players to neutralize an opponent's creature by restricting its power, reflecting the theme of bureaucratic interference and social hierarchies within the plane's rigid guild system.
The card features illustration by Johannes Voss, a prominent artist within the Magic: The Gathering community known for his ethereal and atmospheric style. Voss sought to capture the visual language of the Azorius Senate, the law-keeping guild of Ravnica, utilizing a clean, structured aesthetic to convey the weight of an official bureaucratic decree. Upon its release, the card was well-received by players for its thematic resonance with the guild's flavor, providing a tactile representation of how the law can stifle even the most powerful combatants.
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