Engineered Plague
Seventh Edition 133★ • uncommon
- Set
- Seventh Edition
- Collector number
- 133★
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Andrew Goldhawk
- Finish
- Foil
What it does
As this enchantment enters, choose a creature type.
All creatures of the chosen type get -1/-1.
A single germ can kill more soldiers than ten thousand blades.
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
Engineered Plague was originally introduced in the Urza's Legacy expansion in 1999, with the Seventh Edition printing appearing in 2002. The card was designed as a potent black enchantment intended to disrupt creature-based strategies, specifically those relying on tribal synergies, by providing a static effect that grants all creatures of a chosen type -1/-1. Within the context of competitive Magic: The Gathering, it became a staple sideboard card for black-aligned decks looking to suppress low-toughness creature decks.
The artwork for the Seventh Edition printing was created by artist Greg Staples. His contribution leaned into the grotesque and atmospheric aesthetic often associated with the game's darker themes at the time, utilizing a moody color palette to emphasize the card's function as a creeping, debilitating force. The Seventh Edition version is notable for its inclusion of the star symbol, indicating it was a foil-only promotional inclusion in that core set, which has made it a distinct item for collectors seeking rare variants of classic functional staples.
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