Dry Spell
Portal 90 • uncommon
- Set
- Portal
- Collector number
- 90
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Roger Raupp
- Market price
- $0.28
What it does
Dry Spell deals 1 damage to each creature and each player.
A fist of dust to line your throat, a bowl of sand to fill your belly.
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
Dry Spell was released in 1997 as part of the Portal set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. This set was designed specifically to serve as an entry point for new players, featuring simplified rules, thematic top-down design, and a focus on intuitive gameplay mechanics that avoided the complexities of the base game's interrupt and stack system at the time.
The card's art was created by Roger Raupp, a prolific contributor to the game during the mid-to-late nineties. His illustration, which depicts a desolate, withered landscape, emphasizes the flavor of the sorcery—a black-aligned effect that punishes creature-based strategies by inflicting damage based on the number of creatures a player controls. The design remains a classic example of the set's goal to translate core mechanics into accessible, narrative-driven card effects.
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