Dread Presence
Core Set 2020 96 • rare
- Set
- Core Set 2020
- Collector number
- 96
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Anthony Palumbo
- Market price
- $3.43
What it does
Whenever a Swamp you control enters, choose one —
• You draw a card and you lose 1 life.
• This creature deals 2 damage to any target and you gain 2 life.
It beckons silently, waiting in the darkness.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Dread Presence was introduced in the Core Set 2020 expansion for Magic: The Gathering, released in July 2019. Designed as a rare black creature, it was crafted to incentivize land-based strategies by rewarding players with life gain or damage whenever a land enters the battlefield under their control. Its thematic placement within the core set served to bolster the elemental and graveyard-recursion archetypes prevalent during that cycle.
The artwork for the card was created by illustrator Svetlin Velinov, who is known for his atmospheric and often menacing depictions of creatures within the game. Velinov’s design emphasizes a towering, spectral presence emerging from the earth, capturing the card's mechanical reliance on the land. Upon its release, it was well-received by players for its efficiency in Limited formats and its ability to act as a potent engine in casual or Commander decks centered around land manipulation.
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