Festival
The Dark 8 • common
- Set
- The Dark
- Collector number
- 8
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- white mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Mark Poole
- Market price
- $0.46
What it does
Cast this spell only during an opponent's upkeep.
Creatures can't attack this turn.
Only after the townsfolk had drawn us into their merry celebration did we discover that their holiday rituals held a deeper purpose.
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
Festival was released in 1994 as part of The Dark, the third expansion set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed by Wizards of the Coast, this set was designed with a darker, more macabre aesthetic than the base game to better reflect the folklore-inspired themes and gothic atmosphere that the creative team sought to explore at the time.
The card’s illustration was provided by Mark Poole, one of the original artists involved in the game’s inception. Poole employed a painterly, atmospheric style to capture the mystical nature of the spell, which functions as an instant that prevents all damage for a turn. The design was intended to offer a defensive utility in a set otherwise characterized by aggressive and thematic horror mechanics.
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