Hecatomb
Fifth Edition 167 • rare
- Set
- Fifth Edition
- Collector number
- 167
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana black mana black mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- George Pratt
- Market price
- $0.48
What it does
When this enchantment enters, sacrifice this enchantment unless you sacrifice four creatures.
Tap an untapped Swamp you control: This enchantment deals 1 damage to any target.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Hecatomb was introduced in the Fifth Edition core set of Magic: The Gathering, released in 1997. As a core set card, it was designed to provide a distinct, high-impact enchantment for black decks, functioning as a powerful board wipe that required a sacrifice of swamps to balance its lethal damage output. This card exemplifies the darker, often visceral themes common to black-aligned cards of the era.
The card’s striking, macabre aesthetic was rendered by artist George Pratt. Known for his expressive, often gritty illustrative style, Pratt leaned into the card’s grim name—referencing a great sacrifice—by depicting an unsettling scene of ruin and ritual. While the card is a mechanically complex rare, it remains a notable piece of 1990s trading card art, appreciated by collectors for its dark thematic cohesion and the raw, painterly quality Pratt brought to the design.
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