Dirge of Dread
Masters 25 86 • common
- Set
- Masters 25
- Collector number
- 86
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Seb McKinnon
- Market price
- $0.16
What it does
All creatures gain fear until end of turn. (They can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
Cycling 1 generic mana black mana (1 generic mana black mana, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle this card, you may have target creature gain fear until end of turn.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Dirge of Dread was originally printed in the 2002 Scourge expansion as part of the Magic: The Gathering card game. The card serves as a thematic piece of black-aligned graveyard utility, allowing players to move a creature card from their graveyard to their hand with the added option of cycling it for a draw. The illustration for this specific Masters 25 printing retains the original artwork by Greg Staples, who captured the grim, necrotic essence of the spell through dark, brooding atmospheric visuals that emphasize the macabre nature of reanimating the fallen.
The Masters 25 set was released in March 2018 to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of Magic: The Gathering. As a curated retrospective set, it featured reprints spanning the entire history of the game, organized to reflect key mechanics and iconic imagery from the preceding quarter-century. Including Dirge of Dread in this collection provided a nod to the game's mid-era depth, appealing to long-term players who valued the card's functional flexibility and its role in graveyard-centric strategies throughout various formats.
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