Excruciator
Ravnica: City of Guilds 121 • rare
- Set
- Ravnica: City of Guilds
- Collector number
- 121
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 6 generic mana red mana red mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Paolo Parente
- Market price
- $0.24
What it does
Damage that would be dealt by this creature can't be prevented.
"Though used as a piercing weapon, the tusk is more akin to a stinger, spreading pain instantly throughout the body of its victim. This specimen deserves further study."— Simic research notes
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
Excruciator was released in the 2005 Magic: The Gathering set Ravnica: City of Guilds, marking the beginning of a block centered on the guild-based urban landscape of Ravnica. As a rare Red creature, it was designed to showcase the aggressive, high-risk philosophy associated with the Cult of Rakdos, a faction defined by its chaotic and pyrotechnic nature. The card mechanics emphasize raw, unblockable power at the cost of vulnerability, reflecting the guild's aesthetic of destructive performance art.
The illustration was rendered by Paolo Parente, a renowned artist known for his distinct, gritty, and heavily stylized work in fantasy and science fiction. Parente’s depiction of the Excruciator focuses on a towering, hulking construct that embodies the brutalist architecture and sadistic machinery of the Ravnican underworld. The design was praised for its visual cohesion with the set's darker themes, capturing the imposing presence required for a high-cost creature intended to disrupt the board state.
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