Eye of Vecna
Adventures in the Forgotten Realms 243 • rare
- Set
- Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
- Collector number
- 243
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Irina Nordsol
- Market price
- $0.36
What it does
When Eye of Vecna enters, you draw a card and you lose 2 life.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay 2 generic mana. If you do, you draw a card and you lose 2 life.
"I see all things as they truly are! I see . . . decay in all flesh, and betrayal in every heart."
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Eye of Vecna was introduced to the Magic: The Gathering trading card game in the 2021 set Adventures in the Forgotten Realms, an expansion that marked the first formal crossover between Wizards of the Coast's two flagship properties: Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering. As an artifact card, it draws directly from decades of Dungeons & Dragons lore, where the Eye of Vecna is a legendary, cursed artifact that grants immense power at the cost of the user's own physical health, a mechanic that the card design team sought to replicate through its life-drain ability.
The card was illustrated by Campbell White, who leaned into the dark, macabre aesthetic associated with the Lich Vecna. The design captures the visceral nature of the item by featuring an ornate, detached eye, emphasizing the body-horror elements present in the D&D mythos. Upon its release, the card was received as a flavorful interpretation of the source material, balancing its high-impact utility with a thematic drawback that resonates with its long-standing reputation in tabletop campaigns.
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