Ghastly Discovery
Shadowmoor 39 • common
- Set
- Shadowmoor
- Collector number
- 39
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Howard Lyon
- Market price
- $0.13
What it does
Draw two cards, then discard a card.
Conspire (As you cast this spell, you may tap two untapped creatures you control that share a color with it. When you do, copy it.)
Korrigans, spirits bound to sources of water, shriek when they come upon their own drowned corpses.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Ghastly Discovery was released in 2008 as part of the Shadowmoor expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed during a period where Wizards of the Coast was emphasizing a darker, more surreal aesthetic inspired by gothic folklore, the set introduced mechanics like persist and untap symbols to represent a world trapped in an eternal twilight. The card functions as a sorcery that highlights the eerie, unsettling atmosphere of the Shadowmoor plane.
The card features illustration by Jim Murray, a prolific artist for the game known for his expressive, often grotesque character designs. Murray’s work on this piece captures the visual tone of the set, utilizing a muted, swampy color palette to convey the decay associated with the card's effect. Upon its release, the card was generally viewed as a niche utility piece within the set's limited environment, noted primarily for how its visual style reinforced the overarching thematic identity of the expansion.
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