Excise
Prophecy 8 • common
- Set
- Prophecy
- Collector number
- 8
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- X mana white mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Joel Biske
- Market price
- $0.10
What it does
Exile target attacking creature unless its controller pays X mana.
"Creation is no great feat. Anything you make, I can unmake in a heartbeat."— Alexi, zephyr mage
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
Excise was released in 1999 as part of the Prophecy expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed by Wizards of the Coast, Prophecy focused on themes of sacrifice and resource management, introducing mechanics that forced players to make difficult strategic trade-offs. The set was designed to shift the game's tempo by penalizing players for rapid resource depletion, a design philosophy intended to create more deliberate, slow-paced matches.
The card’s illustration was created by artist Christopher Rush, a legendary contributor to the game’s early visual identity. Rush utilized a distinct, classic fantasy art style that leaned into the ominous atmosphere of the set’s lore, which centered on the cataclysmic conflict in the land of Jamuraa. While the card is often cited by collectors for its niche utility in specific control decks, it remains a notable example of late-90s card design, representing a period when Wizards of the Coast experimented with aggressive taxation mechanics.
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