Keening Banshee
Duel Decks: Garruk vs. Liliana 44 • uncommon
- Set
- Duel Decks: Garruk vs. Liliana
- Collector number
- 44
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Robert Bliss
- Market price
- $0.40
What it does
Flying
When this creature enters, target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.
Her cold wail echoes in the alleys and under-eaves, finding the unfortunate and turning their blood to ice.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Keening Banshee was originally printed in the Urza's Legacy set in 1999, intended as a mid-range common creature for Limited play. The card's design focuses on the synergy between its flying ability and its enters-the-battlefield effect, which forces a creature to take a penalty to its toughness. Its inclusion in the 2009 Duel Decks: Garruk vs. Liliana collection served to bolster the black deck's removal capabilities, reinforcing the thematic focus on death and shadow associated with the planeswalker Liliana Vess.
The artwork for the Duel Decks version features the original illustration by Daren Bader. Bader sought to capture a haunting, ethereal aesthetic that aligned with the high-fantasy gothic tone of the Magic: The Gathering multiverse. While the card is a standard utility piece rather than a flagship rare, it remains a recognized staple of black-aligned sets, valued by players for its ability to provide both board presence and minor tactical advantages against weaker enemy creatures.
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