Lord of the Pit
Secret Lair Drop 893 • rare
- Set
- Secret Lair Drop
- Collector number
- 893
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana black mana black mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Kieran Yanner
- Market price
- $1.03
What it does
Flying, trample
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a creature other than this creature. If you can't, this creature deals 7 damage to you.
No sacrifice could quell its hunger, as darkness devoured all in its wake.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Lord of the Pit first appeared in the original 1993 Alpha set as a flagship demon for the Magic: The Gathering card game, designed by Richard Garfield to represent a powerful, high-risk creature that requires constant sacrifice to remain on the battlefield. It quickly became an iconic symbol of the game's gothic fantasy roots, characterized by its imposing statistics and the narrative weight of its hunger for its own master's minions.
This specific iteration, Collector Number 893, was released as part of a Secret Lair drop, a premium product line introduced by Wizards of the Coast to feature alternative artistic interpretations of classic cards. The design for this version reimagines the original demon through a specialized visual style intended to celebrate the card's enduring legacy among long-time players, updating the aesthetics while maintaining the original gameplay mechanics that defined its reputation as one of the game's most formidable entities.
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