Hopeless Nightmare
The List WOE-95 • common
- Set
- The List
- Collector number
- WOE-95
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Dominik Mayer
What it does
When this enchantment enters, each opponent discards a card and loses 2 life.
When this enchantment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, scry 2.
2 generic mana black mana: Sacrifice this enchantment.
Where you can play it
- StandardBanned
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Hopeless Nightmare originally debuted in the Magic: The Gathering expansion Wilds of Eldraine, released in 2023. As a black enchantment card, it is designed to evoke the set's dark, fairy-tale aesthetic, drawing inspiration from folklore tropes of lingering curses and nocturnal dread. The card is specifically notable for its inclusion in The List, a curated selection of reprints and thematic inclusions that Wizards of the Coast inserts into various booster packs to highlight cards from throughout the game's long history.
The card features artwork by illustrator Nino Vecia, who captures a haunting, atmospheric vision of gloom consistent with the high-fantasy style of the Eldraine plane. Mechanically, it functions as an enchantment that drains the opponent's life total upon entry, reflecting its thematic identity as an inescapable shadow. Within the community, the card is recognized for its utility in limited formats and its contribution to the specific mechanical identity of black-aligned control decks during the Wilds of Eldraine cycle.
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