Insidious Bookworms
Alliances 51a • common
- Set
- Alliances
- Collector number
- 51a
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Greg Simanson
- Market price
- $0.09
What it does
When this creature dies, you may pay 1 generic mana black mana. If you do, target player discards a card at random.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Insidious Bookworms was released in 1996 as part of the Alliances expansion for Magic: The Gathering. This set, which served as a follow-up to the storyline of the Ice Age expansion, is remembered for its focus on political themes and complex social mechanics. The card was designed to fit within the set's broader mechanical exploration of trade and cooperative gameplay, reflecting the set's narrative of factions struggling for dominance in a frozen world.
The illustration for this card was provided by artist Quinton Hoover, a prolific contributor to the game's early aesthetic. Hoover utilized a whimsical yet slightly unsettling style that was characteristic of his work during the mid-nineties. His design aimed to personify the theme of knowledge consumption, though the card was generally received by players as a niche utility piece rather than a competitive staple, cementing its status as an interesting relic of the game's experimental formative era.
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