Gnaw to the Bone
Innistrad 183 • common
- Set
- Innistrad
- Collector number
- 183
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana green mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Scott Chou
- Market price
- $0.27
What it does
You gain 2 life for each creature card in your graveyard.
Flashback 2 generic mana green mana (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Gnaw to the Bone was released in 2011 as part of the Innistrad expansion for Magic: The Gathering. The set drew heavily from classic gothic horror tropes, shifting the game's aesthetic toward themes of darkness, isolation, and survival. As a green sorcery, the card mechanically reflects this survivalist tone, allowing players to gain life based on the number of creature cards in their graveyard, a nod to the set's obsession with death as a resource.
The artwork was illustrated by Steve Argyle, who captured the grim, visceral nature of the set through a stark depiction of skeletal remains. Argyle's design sought to evoke a sense of decay and morbid hunger that aligned with the card's graveyard-focused mechanics. Upon its release, it was well-received by players for its efficiency as a defensive tool in graveyard-based strategies, quickly becoming a staple in formats like Pauper and Commander where utilizing the graveyard is a primary path to victory.
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