Dread Charge
Portal 88 • rare
- Set
- Portal
- Collector number
- 88
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Ted Naifeh
- Market price
- $0.74
What it does
Black creatures you control can't be blocked this turn except by black creatures.
"As equal were their souls, so equal was their fate."— John Dryden, "Ode to Mrs. Anne Killigrew"
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Dread Charge was released in 1997 as part of the Portal: Three Kingdoms expansion, a set uniquely tailored to introduce the Magic: The Gathering card game to the Asian market. Designed with simplified rules and mechanics, the set drew heavily from the 14th-century Chinese historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, aiming to blend high-fantasy gameplay with recognizable cultural lore to broaden the game's international appeal.
The card features an illustration by the artist Qi Baoshan, whose work within the set sought to evoke the dramatic aesthetic of historical Chinese military conflict. While the card is often noted by collectors for its niche mechanical utility in specific gameplay formats, its broader significance lies in its role as a representative of Wizards of the Coast's ambitious, albeit geographically limited, strategy to localize their trading card gaming experience during the late 1990s.
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