Gnarled Effigy
Shadowmoor 251 • uncommon
- Set
- Shadowmoor
- Collector number
- 251
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Ron Brown
- Market price
- $0.16
What it does
4 generic mana, tap: Put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.
"Bits of fallen scarecrow, laces of elfskin leather, teeth of an axeshark merrow . . . An industrious soul can find new uses for the most mundane items."— Mowagh the Gwyllion
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
Gnarled Effigy was released in 2008 as part of the Shadowmoor expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. The set was designed to explore a world caught in an eternal twilight, characterized by themes of folklore, distortion, and shifting perspectives. This artifact card reflects the set's aesthetic preoccupation with macabre imagery and the physical corruption inherent to the plane of Shadowmoor.
The card features artwork by artist Jim Nelson, who utilized a dark, textured style to convey the unsettling nature of the effigy. In the game's mechanics, the card serves as a creature-tutor, representing the magical process of bringing a crude figure to life. While it did not dominate competitive play, it remains a notable example of the set's commitment to flavorful, top-down design where the art and the card's function work in tandem to evoke a specific gothic mood.
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