Ember Shot
Judgment 87 • common
- Set
- Judgment
- Collector number
- 87
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 6 generic mana red mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Alan Pollack
- Market price
- $0.19
What it does
Ember Shot deals 3 damage to any target.
Draw a card.
Dwarves bring poor coal to market, use good coal in their homes, and throw their best coal away.
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
Ember Shot was released in 2002 as part of the Judgment expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. This set served as the conclusion to the Odyssey block, which focused on the struggle for power in the Otarian continent. The card was designed as a common-rarity red instant, intended to provide players with a straightforward method of dealing direct damage to creatures or players in the game's evolving meta.
The card features artwork by the illustrator Arnie Swekel, who contributed significantly to the aesthetic of the Odyssey block. Swekel’s design choices for the set prioritized a raw, visceral look to match the high-stakes narrative of the expansion. Like many common utility cards of that era, Ember Shot was received as a functional, if unremarkable, tool for limited play formats, serving its purpose as a piece of the complex mechanical puzzle Wizards of the Coast was assembling at the time.
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