Ludevic, Necrogenius // Olag, Ludevic's Hubris

Ludevic, Necrogenius // Olag, Ludevic's Hubris was released as part of the 2021 Magic: The Gathering expansion, Innistrad: Midnight Hunt. The card features a double-faced design, a hallmark of the Innistrad sets, representing the transformative horror theme of the gothic-inspired plane. The character Ludevic is a long-established figure in the lore, depicted as a brilliant but sociopathic alchemist obsessed with stitching together new forms of life, and this card serves as a mechanical realization of his laboratory experiments.

The card was illustrated by artist Wisnu Tan, who captured the grotesque, surgical aesthetic central to the character. The design reflects the 'self-mill' strategy common to blue-black color identities in the game, allowing players to discard creature cards to transform Ludevic into the formidable Olag. Upon release, it was well-received by players focusing on Commander, as its graveyard-centric mechanics provided a thematic and functional engine for decks centered on creature recursion and experimentation.