Lose Hope
Fifth Dawn 52 • common
- Set
- Fifth Dawn
- Collector number
- 52
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Matt Cavotta
- Market price
- $0.19
What it does
Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Lose Hope was released in 2004 as part of the Fifth Dawn expansion, the final set in the Mirrodin block for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. The set was designed to explore the mechanics of a metallic world struggling with artificial life, with Lose Hope serving as a common black spell that utilizes the scry mechanic, which allowed players to manipulate the top of their library to improve card quality.
The artwork for this card was provided by artist Darrell Riche, whose illustration depicts a somber, atmospheric scene fitting for the card's theme of despair. Within the game's competitive ecosystem, the card is recognized for its efficient utility in limited formats, providing players with both minor creature removal and deck manipulation, representing the design philosophy of the era that emphasized thoughtful resource management.
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