Grim Initiate
War of the Spark 130 • common
- Set
- War of the Spark
- Collector number
- 130
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- red mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Jason Felix
- Market price
- $0.20
What it does
First strike
When this creature dies, amass Zombies 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. It's also a Zombie. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token first.)
Beneath each gleaming mineral shell rots a once-proud warrior of Amonkhet.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Grim Initiate was released in 2019 as part of the Magic: The Gathering expansion set War of the Spark. This set was unique in the game's history, centered on a massive, climactic conflict on the plane of Ravnica between the forces of the Gatewatch and the planeswalker Nicol Bolas. The card was designed to represent the rank-and-file undead soldiers of the Eternals, which were created from the bodies of fallen warriors and imbued with Lazotep to serve Bolas's army.
The card features artwork by illustrator Johannes Voss, who sought to capture the sterile, haunting aesthetic of the Eternals. The design focuses on the transition of the initiate's form, emphasizing the blue-tinted, crystalline appearance caused by the Lazotep infusion process. Upon release, the card was received as a functional common, valued primarily by players for its ability to generate a recurring threat through its amass mechanic, which played a central role in the set’s mechanical identity.
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