Misery Charm
Onslaught 158 • common
- Set
- Onslaught
- Collector number
- 158
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- David Martin
- Market price
- $0.25
What it does
Choose one —
• Destroy target Cleric.
• Return target Cleric card from your graveyard to your hand.
• Target player loses 2 life.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Misery Charm was released in 2002 as part of the Onslaught expansion for Magic: The Gathering. As a modal spell, the card was designed to offer players versatility within the black color identity, providing three distinct effects: life drain, creature reanimation, or forced discard. This period of the game focused heavily on tribal synergies and graveyard manipulation, themes that defined the mechanics of the set.
The card features artwork by Christopher Moeller, a prolific illustrator known for his dynamic and dark aesthetic during the mid-2000s era of the game. Moeller’s work on this piece captures the grim, visceral nature of black magic, utilizing high-contrast lighting to convey the sense of dread implied by the spell’s name. It was received as a functional, if situational, utility card within the competitive landscape of the time.
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