Disempower
Mirage 9 • common
- Set
- Mirage
- Collector number
- 9
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana white mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- John Matson
- Market price
- $0.09
What it does
Put target artifact or enchantment on top of its owner's library.
"Mangara is gone. Who among you doubts that I have taken his power?"— Kaervek
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Disempower was released in 1996 as part of the Mirage expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. It represents a period in the game's history where Wizards of the Coast shifted toward themed expansions that focused on specific environmental storytelling, with Mirage drawing inspiration from African folklore and geography. The card was designed to offer players a tempo-based utility tool, functioning as a conditional removal spell that reflected the set's emphasis on subtle, rather than direct, magical intervention.
The artwork for Disempower was created by illustrator Anson Maddocks, one of the original artists who defined the aesthetic of the game's early years. His depiction features an ethereal, almost abstract representation of magical forces being suppressed, aligning with the card's function of returning an artifact or enchantment to its owner's hand. Upon release, the card was received as a situational but effective piece of deck-building technology, often utilized in sideboards to counter key permanents in aggressive or combo-oriented strategies.
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