Mercadia's Downfall
Mercadian Masques 205 • uncommon
- Set
- Mercadian Masques
- Collector number
- 205
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana red mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Pete Venters
- Market price
- $0.74
What it does
Each attacking creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn for each nonbasic land defending player controls.
With an explosion that shook the foundation of the city, the Weatherlight burst from the underground hangar.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Mercadia's Downfall was released in 1999 as part of the Mercadian Masques expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. This set introduced players to the plane of Mercadia, a bustling, mercantile world centered around the mountain city of the same name. The card was designed as a thematic representation of the plane's political collapse and the internal power struggles that defined the set's narrative arc during the game's Masquerade cycle.
The artwork for the card was created by artist Greg Staples, who utilized a dramatic, sweeping perspective to illustrate the chaos unfolding within the city. The illustration was intended to convey the scale of the upheaval, focusing on the visual collapse of the city's architecture to reflect the card's mechanical function of penalizing players for controlling multiple permanents. Upon its release, the card was noted for its distinct aesthetic alignment with the set's political intrigue themes.
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