Howling Banshee
Magic 2011 100 • uncommon
- Set
- Magic 2011
- Collector number
- 100
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Andrew Robinson
- Market price
- $0.05
What it does
Flying
When this creature enters, each player loses 3 life.
Villagers cloaked the town in magical silence, but their ears still bled.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Howling Banshee was released in the Magic 2011 core set, which debuted in July 2010. As a core set release, it served as a foundational card designed to bolster the black color identity, focusing on the game's mechanics of life loss and card draw. It reflects the design philosophy of the era, which aimed to balance flavor-rich creature effects with accessible gameplay for newer players joining the Magic: The Gathering community.
The card’s illustration was crafted by artist Nils Hamm, whose distinctive, atmospheric style often emphasizes the ethereal and the gothic. Hamm sought to capture the mournful, haunting quality of a banshee, integrating it into the game's visual language of shadows and spirit-based magic. Upon release, the card was viewed primarily as a functional utility piece in limited formats, appreciated by players for its ability to affect both players' hand sizes simultaneously.
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