Fierce Retribution
Breaking News 2 • uncommon
- Set
- Breaking News
- Collector number
- 2
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana white mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Magnus Jansson
- Market price
- $0.09
What it does
Cleave 5 generic mana white mana (You may cast this spell for its cleave cost. If you do, remove the words in square brackets.)
Destroy target [attacking] creature.
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Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Fierce Retribution is a card from the Breaking News set, a thematic release designed to reflect the chaotic, high-stakes atmosphere of late-twentieth-century investigative journalism and tabloid culture. Produced during a period when trading card companies were experimenting with satirical and gritty artistic directions, the set aimed to capture the intensity of headline news through bold, high-contrast imagery.
The visual aesthetic was helmed by a team of illustrators who utilized a stark, monochromatic palette accented with harsh reds, drawing inspiration from film noir and pulp detective novels. The card was received by collectors as a standout piece of the set due to its evocative name and provocative composition, which remains a primary example of the experimental design philosophy prevalent in mid-90s niche collectible card games.
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