Lithophage
Mercadian Masques 202 • rare
- Set
- Mercadian Masques
- Collector number
- 202
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana red mana red mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Mike Ploog
- Market price
- $0.36
What it does
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you sacrifice a Mountain.
It's viciously territorial, destroying every creature on the mountain it has chosen to consume.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Lithophage was released in 1999 as part of the Mercadian Masques expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. The set drew inspiration from a marketplace-driven world inspired by the works of Leonardo da Vinci and various Mediterranean aesthetics, moving away from the high-fantasy themes of previous expansions. Mechanically, the card reflects the set's focus on resource management and upkeep costs, tasking the player with sacrificing lands to maintain a creature that represents a destructive, stone-eating organism.
The card's striking visual identity was crafted by artist Ron Spencer, whose distinctive, visceral style is characterized by heavy textures and an almost grotesque approach to biological mutation. Spencer’s illustration for Lithophage captures the creature's hungry, parasitic nature, aligning with the card's theme of environmental consumption. Upon its release, the card was viewed primarily as a niche tactical piece, appreciated more for its thematic art and specific mechanical drawbacks than for competitive dominance.
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