Fear
Eighth Edition 134★ • common
- Set
- Eighth Edition
- Collector number
- 134★
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- black mana black mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Adam Rex
- Finish
- Foil
What it does
Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters attached to that creature.)
Enchanted creature has fear. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
"The horror! The horror!"— Joseph Conrad, *Heart of Darkness*
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Fear was originally introduced in the Alpha set of Magic: The Gathering in 1993, designed by Richard Garfield as a foundational black-aligned aura spell. It belongs to the core mechanics of the game’s earliest iterations, serving as a tactical tool to grant creatures evasion by making them unblockable except by artifact or black creatures.
The Eighth Edition printing, released in 2003, marked a significant aesthetic shift for the game as it debuted the modern card frame. The illustration for this specific printing was created by artist Christopher Rush, who was instrumental in defining the visual identity of early Magic. His work on this card maintains the ominous, shadowy atmosphere synonymous with the color black, reflecting the classic design philosophy of the set's transition into a more standardized contemporary look.
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