Etched Monstrosity
New Phyrexia 135 • mythic
- Set
- New Phyrexia
- Collector number
- 135
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Mana cost
- 5 generic mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Steven Belledin
- Market price
- $0.42
What it does
This creature enters with five -1/-1 counters on it.
white mana blue mana black mana red mana green mana, Remove five -1/-1 counters from this creature: Target player draws three cards.
Now etched only with the scars of phyresis.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Etched Monstrosity was released in 2011 as part of the New Phyrexia set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. It was designed to reflect the mechanical and thematic corruption of the plane of Mirrodin by the Phyrexians, a recurring antagonistic faction in the game’s multiverse. The card embodies the faction's signature aesthetic of bio-mechanical horror, where metal and flesh are fused into grotesque, powerful forms.
The illustration was created by artist Igor Kieryluk, who depicted the creature as a massive, armored construct emerging from a pool of oil. The design emphasizes the card's unique playability mechanics, which require players to use five colors of mana to remove counters from the creature, effectively turning a static, dormant statue into a massive combat threat. It was received as a flavorful, if situational, high-cost creature that captured the oppressive and experimental nature of the Phyrexian regime.
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