Hysterical Blindness
Innistrad 59 • common
- Set
- Innistrad
- Collector number
- 59
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Wayne England
- Market price
- $0.06
What it does
Creatures your opponents control get -4/-0 until end of turn.
"The panic is amusing, but the real fun comes when the spell passes and the villagers start looking for a scapegoat."— Ludevic, necro-alchemist
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Hysterical Blindness was released in 2011 as part of the Innistrad expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Designed by Wizards of the Coast to lean heavily into the set's gothic horror aesthetic, the card functions as an instant that provides a mechanical representation of psychological terror, stripping creatures of their abilities and reducing their power. It fits within the set's mechanical focus on transformative effects and the fragility of the human mind when faced with eldritch threats.
The artwork for the card was created by the late illustrator Wayne England, a prolific contributor to the Magic: The Gathering franchise. England utilized his signature bold, dramatic style to capture a sense of disorientation and supernatural malaise. Within the game's competitive environment, the card was received as a functional, low-cost utility tool for limited play formats, prized by players for its ability to neutralize high-value threats at a critical moment.
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