Engineered Plague
Friday Night Magic 2007 7 • rare
- Set
- Friday Night Magic 2007
- Collector number
- 7
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Michael Sutfin
- Finish
- Foil
What it does
As this enchantment enters, choose a creature type.
All creatures of the chosen type get -1/-1.
"The admixture of bitterwort in the viral brew has produced most favorable results."— Phyrexian progress notes
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, designed as a specialized tool for competitive Magic: The Gathering play. Its primary function is to serve as a disruption card, allowing a player to name a specific creature type and impose a penalty that weakens those creatures significantly. By creating a static effect that persists on the battlefield, the card was intended to combat tribal deck archetypes that rely on swarming the board with similar units, such as Goblins or Elves.
This particular version was released in 2007 as a promotional card for Friday Night Magic, featuring new artwork by Matt Cavotta. The Friday Night Magic program was designed to foster local community engagement by rewarding players with exclusive, foil-treated versions of established cards. Cavotta’s illustration for this release depicts the visceral and clinical nature of the card's effect, emphasizing its role as a strategic deterrent. It remains a hallmark of competitive sideboards for its efficiency in historical formats.
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