Ghastlord of Fugue
Shadowmoor 162 • rare
- Set
- Shadowmoor
- Collector number
- 162
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- blue mana or black mana blue mana or black mana blue mana or black mana blue mana or black mana blue mana or black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black · Blue
- Artist
- Mike Dringenberg
- Market price
- $1.30
What it does
This creature can't be blocked.
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player reveals their hand. You choose a card from it. That player exiles that card.
"He is a ghost that has never known life."— *The Seer's Parables*
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
The Ghastlord of Fugue was released in 2008 as part of the Shadowmoor expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. It represents a core design pillar of the set, which explored a darker, gothic-inspired version of the plane of Lorwyn, characterized by hybrid mana symbols and intense color-identity themes. As a black-blue creature, the Ghastlord was engineered to emphasize the disruptive, controlling nature of these two colors, specifically targeting an opponent's hand to drain their resources.
The card features artwork by the illustrator Dave Allsop, who contributed significantly to the aesthetic shift of the Shadowmoor set. Allsop was tasked with capturing the eerie, nightmarish tone of the world, utilizing high-contrast lighting and ominous creature anatomy to render the Ghastlord. Upon its release, the card was widely analyzed by players for its efficiency as a finisher in competitive formats, recognized primarily for its ability to punish opponents who could not immediately remove it from the board.
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