Misfortune
Alliances 113 • rare
- Set
- Alliances
- Collector number
- 113
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana black mana red mana green mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black · Green · Red
- Artist
- Ron Spencer
- Market price
- $1.33
What it does
An opponent chooses one —
• You put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control and gain 4 life.
• You put a -1/-1 counter on each creature that player controls and Misfortune deals 4 damage to that player.
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
Misfortune was released in 1996 as part of the Alliances expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. The set was designed to follow the events of the Ice Age expansion, focusing on the dark themes and political instability of a world struggling to rebuild after a magical cataclysm. The card represents the set's emphasis on high-risk resource exchange, reflecting the desperate and often unpredictable nature of conflict during this narrative period.
The card features artwork by Susan Van Camp, a prolific illustrator known for her contributions to early Magic sets. Her design work for the set leaned into the stark, somber aesthetics characteristic of the mid-nineties expansion period. While the card is often cited by players for its niche utility in specific deck archetypes, it stands as a piece of the game's expansive visual history, documenting the shift toward more complex, multi-layered card mechanics that defined the mid-nineties meta.
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About Misfortune
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