Desolation Twin
Battle for Zendikar 6 • rare
- Set
- Battle for Zendikar
- Collector number
- 6
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 10 generic mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Jack Wang
- Market price
- $0.38
What it does
When you cast this spell, create a 10/10 colorless Eldrazi creature token.
"With precise coordination and enough blood spilled, one can be driven off, even brought down. But two . . . that's a lot of blood."— Munda, ambush leader
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Desolation Twin was released in 2015 as part of the Battle for Zendikar expansion for Magic: The Gathering. The card was designed to highlight the immense scale and existential threat posed by the Eldrazi, an ancient, alien race of planar devourers. Its mechanics, which create a second 10/10 token upon casting, were engineered to provide a massive late-game impact that reflects the world-ending nature of the Eldrazi invasion storyline.
The artwork was commissioned from Jack Wang, whose interpretation emphasizes the grotesque, towering anatomy of the creature. Wang sought to capture a sense of cosmic horror through the twin entity's distorted proportions and the muted, otherworldly color palette of the Zendikar plane. The card became a notable inclusion for casual play and Commander formats, praised by the community for its straightforward yet overwhelming power level as a creature-based win condition.
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