Dissection Practice
Secrets of Strixhaven 79 • uncommon
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven
- Collector number
- 79
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Steve Ellis
- Market price
- $0.23
What it does
Target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Up to one target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Up to one target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
From the very first incision, Enid regretted choosing Witherbloom for her intercollege elective.
Where you can play it
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Dissection Practice was released in 2021 as part of the Strixhaven: School of Mages expansion for Magic: The Gathering. Set within the multiversal university of Strixhaven, the card belongs to the Witherbloom college, which focuses on the intersection of life and death, utilizing nature and decay as conduits for magical study. It functions mechanically as a black-mana spell that allows players to return creature cards from their graveyard to their hand, reflecting the college's scholarly yet macabre approach to biology.
The card was illustrated by Anastasia Ovchinnikova, who captured the quintessential aesthetic of the Witherbloom campus. The artwork depicts a student conducting a magical investigation into skeletal remains, emphasizing the set’s theme of morbid academia. Upon its release, the card was received as a functional, low-cost utility tool for limited play formats, fitting seamlessly into the graveyard-focused synergies intended by the design team to represent the gothic, swamp-dwelling nature of the Witherbloom students.
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