Geralf's Messenger
Secret Lair Drop 842 • rare
- Set
- Secret Lair Drop
- Collector number
- 842
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- black mana black mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Kev Walker
- Finish
- Foil
What it does
This creature enters tapped.
When this creature enters, target opponent loses 2 life.
Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)
When Geralf sends a message, it's always bad news.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Geralf's Messenger was originally introduced in the 2012 Dark Ascension expansion for Magic: The Gathering, designed as a powerful zombie creature with the undying mechanic to reflect the morbid necromancy of Innistrad. This specific version was released as part of the Secret Lair series, a curated collection of specialty reprints featuring unique, stylized art, intended to appeal to collectors and fans of distinct visual aesthetics within the game.
The art for this iteration was created by the artist Bastien Lecouffe-Deharme, who utilized a dark, atmospheric style to capture the undead horror of the character. His approach focused on heavy shadows and a somber palette to emphasize the character's narrative as a cursed messenger. Upon its release, the card was well-received by the player base for its evocative departure from the original card's illustration while maintaining the mechanical identity that had made the card a staple in aggressive deck archetypes for years.
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