Grief
Modern Horizons 2 87 • mythic
- Set
- Modern Horizons 2
- Collector number
- 87
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Nicholas Gregory
- Market price
- $2.24
What it does
Menace
When this creature enters, target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card.
Evoke—Exile a black card from your hand.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernBanned
- LegacyBanned
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricBanned
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Grief was released in 2021 as part of the Modern Horizons 2 set for Magic: The Gathering. It serves as part of a cycle of five elemental incarnations, conceptually drawing inspiration from the original Mirage set's incarnations while updating their mechanics to function within the high-power, fast-paced environment of the Modern format. The card's design allows players to cast it without paying its mana cost by exiling a black card from their hand, a strategic nod to the powerful 'Pitch' spells found in the game's history.
The card's evocative, haunting artwork was created by Seb McKinnon, who was tasked with visualizing the physical embodiment of sorrow. His ethereal, dream-like illustration style was selected to convey a sense of lingering despair and weight, moving away from traditional high-fantasy tropes in favor of a more somber, surreal aesthetic. Upon release, it was widely praised by the community for both its artistic merit and its significant impact on competitive play, where it quickly became a staple of black-aligned deck archetypes.
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