Incurable Ogre
Shards of Alara 105 • common
- Set
- Shards of Alara
- Collector number
- 105
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana red mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Carl Critchlow
- Market price
- $0.07
What it does
Each mutation causes the incurables to look vastly different from one another. They are left with only one thing in common: their insatiable lust for the slaughter.
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
Incurable Ogre was released in 2008 as part of the Shards of Alara set, a pivotal expansion for Magic: The Gathering that introduced the 'shard' color philosophy—grouping three allied colors around a central color. This card specifically represents the Grixis shard, a world defined by a lack of mana and the desperate, parasitic pursuit of life force. It was designed as a common-rarity creature to provide a mechanical baseline for the set’s aggressive red-aligned strategies.
The card was illustrated by Carl Critchlow, a long-time contributor to the game known for his grotesque and textured character designs. Critchlow leaned into the visceral nature of the Grixis aesthetic, depicting the ogre in a state of decay and frenzied agitation to match its mechanical drawback—the creature's inability to block. Within the game's competitive ecosystem, the card is remembered as a functional design intended to reward players for prioritizing offensive pressure over defensive stability.
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