Dread of Night
Classic Sixth Edition 122 • uncommon
- Set
- Classic Sixth Edition
- Collector number
- 122
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Richard Thomas
- Market price
- $0.40
What it does
White creatures get -1/-1.
"These moonless, foreign skies keep me in thrall. Dark whispers echo in the night, and I cannot resist."— Selenia, dark angel
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 of Night was originally introduced in the Weatherlight expansion of Magic: The Gathering in 1997, later seeing a reprint in the Classic Sixth Edition set in 1999. Mechanically, the card serves as a specialized hate piece designed to penalize decks utilizing white creatures, reflecting the color-pie-based adversarial design philosophy prevalent during the early years of the game.
The artwork for the Sixth Edition printing was provided by artist Quinton Hoover. Hoover was a foundational illustrator for the game, known for his distinctively lush, flowing line work and emotive figures. His portrayal of this card captures a sense of melancholic, supernatural encroaching darkness, which aligns with the dark fantasy aesthetic common to the set's black-aligned cards of that era.
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