Grisly Spectacle
Gatecrash 66 • common
- Set
- Gatecrash
- Collector number
- 66
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana black mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Zoltan Boros
- Market price
- $0.25
What it does
Destroy target nonartifact creature. Its controller mills cards equal to that creature's power.
"Watch people flock to a murder scene. Then tell me we're not all a little sick in the head."— Juri, proprietor of the Juri Revue
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Grisly Spectacle was released in the 2013 Magic: The Gathering expansion set Gatecrash, serving as a common black-aligned removal spell. The card was designed to support the set's focus on the Orzhov Syndicate and Dimir guilds, fitting the overarching narrative of political intrigue and magical warfare occurring on the cityscape plane of Ravnica. Its mechanical function reflects the brutal, discard-oriented, and graveyard-centric themes characteristic of these factions.
The atmospheric illustration was created by artist Dave Kendall, whose distinct, painterly style emphasizes the darker, gothic aesthetic of the game. Kendall sought to depict a scene of morbid transformation and magical destruction, aligning with the card's ability to destroy a creature and then force its controller to mill cards. Upon its release, the card was widely recognized by players for its efficient utility in Limited formats, where the combination of removal and deck-depletion provided a tactical advantage in longer games.
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