Lord of the Pit
Limited Edition Beta 115 • rare
- Set
- Limited Edition Beta
- Collector number
- 115
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana black mana black mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Mark Tedin
- Market price
- €475.09
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.
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 was first released in 1993 as part of the Alpha and Beta sets, which served as the foundational launch for Magic: The Gathering. Designed by Richard Garfield, the card was conceived as a high-mana, high-power creature that embodied the trade-off of black mana mechanics. Its design mandated a continuous sacrifice of other creatures, a thematic representation of the demon's insatiable hunger that forced players to manage their board state carefully in exchange for a dominant 7/7 flying threat.
The artwork was commissioned from Mark Tedin, a key illustrator during the game's formative years. Tedin utilized a dark, visceral aesthetic to capture the imposing and malevolent nature of the demon, establishing a visual identity that would define black-aligned creatures in the game for decades. The card was received by early players as a potent, if somewhat risky, late-game finisher, cementing its status as an iconic staple of the original set's limited release.
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