Minister of Pain
Dragons of Tarkir 111 • uncommon
- Set
- Dragons of Tarkir
- Collector number
- 111
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Izzy
- Market price
- $0.14
What it does
Exploit (When this creature enters, you may sacrifice a creature.)
When this creature exploits a creature, creatures your opponents control get -1/-1 until end of turn.
Draconic words need not be shouted. A whisper will suffice.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Minister of Pain was released in 2015 as part of the Dragons of Tarkir set for Magic: The Gathering. The card was designed to embody the flavor of the Silumgar brood, a faction defined by ruthless hierarchy and the deployment of lethal, shadowy magic. Mechanically, it serves as a way to punish players with small creature armies by imposing a global toughness penalty upon entering the battlefield.
The artwork was commissioned from the artist Izzy, who utilized a stark, high-contrast style to emphasize the character’s unsettling, spectral nature. The design focuses on the minister’s role as an executioner, utilizing swirling dark energy to convey an atmosphere of suffocating dread. Upon release, it was well-received by players looking for efficient utility creatures in limited formats, particularly those utilizing the exploit mechanic introduced in the set.
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