Mesmeric Fiend
The List TOR-69 • common
- Set
- The List
- Collector number
- TOR-69
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Dana Knutson
- Market price
- $0.79
What it does
When this creature enters, target opponent reveals their hand and you choose a nonland card from it. Exile that card.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to its owner's hand.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Mesmeric Fiend was originally printed as a common card in the Torment expansion set, released in 2002 as the second installment of the Odyssey block. Designed for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game, the card reflects the set's thematic focus on graveyard interaction and the color black's recurring ability to disrupt an opponent's hand. Its illustration by artist Greg Staples captures the unsettling, ethereal quality characteristic of the set's gothic-horror aesthetic, depicting a shadowy figure intended to evoke a sense of mental intrusion.
The card was later included in 'The List', a rotating selection of reprints from throughout the game's history that appear in Set Boosters. By featuring cards like Mesmeric Fiend in this capacity, the developers aimed to provide players with access to older, mechanically distinct staples that might otherwise remain inaccessible to newer participants. The card has generally been received as an effective, low-cost utility creature, valued in various formats for its ability to provide early-game information and disruption against a wide array of deck archetypes.
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