Festering Wound
Urza's Destiny 61 • uncommon
- Set
- Urza's Destiny
- Collector number
- 61
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Chippy & Matthew D. Wilson
- Market price
- $0.29
What it does
Enchant creature
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put an infection counter on this Aura.
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, this Aura deals X damage to that player, where X is the number of infection counters on this Aura.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Festering Wound was released in 1999 as part of the Urza's Destiny set, the final installment in the Urza block for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed by Wizards of the Coast, this set was designed to round out the mechanical themes of the block, focusing on artifact synergy and enchantment-based resource management. Within the game's lore, the set chronicles the final stages of the conflict between the artificer Urza and the phyrexian forces, with the card reflecting the encroaching, degenerative influence of Phyrexia upon the land and its inhabitants.
The card features an illustration by Pete Venters, a prolific artist who contributed extensively to the visual language of early Magic: The Gathering. Venters employed a visceral, dark aesthetic to convey the card's function, which involves a progressive mechanical drain on a creature. His approach was typical of the era's gothic fantasy influence, designed to visually represent the concept of a magical affliction that worsens over time, a theme that resonated with the set's broader exploration of decay and transformation.
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