Invade the City
The List WAR-201 • uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Collector number
- WAR-201
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana blue mana red mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Red · Blue
- Artist
- Sung Choi
- Market price
- $1.69
What it does
Amass Zombies X, where X is the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard. (Put X +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. It's also a Zombie. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token first.)
Death greeted the world with a roar of desert air.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Invade the City was originally released as part of the War of the Spark expansion for Magic: The Gathering in May 2019. It was designed as an uncommon red sorcery that rewards players for filling their graveyard with noncreature spells, reflecting the set's intense narrative focus on the massive, multi-planar conflict unfolding on the plane of Ravnica. The card mechanics emphasize the high-stakes, chaotic nature of the invasion by generating an Army token whose power scales based on the number of spells currently in the graveyard.
The card features artwork by Wisnutanu Bajangkoro, who captured the sheer scale of Nicol Bolas's invading forces. The design intent was to provide a distinct payoff for spells-matter archetypes in Limited play, and the illustration effectively communicates the thematic feeling of overwhelming numbers descending upon a city. Upon release, the card was recognized for its ability to provide significant board presence in the mid-to-late game, securing a stable place in various Draft and Sealed environments during the set's active period.
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