Molting Harpy
Mercadian Masques 148 • uncommon
- Set
- Mercadian Masques
- Collector number
- 148
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Jeff Laubenstein
- Market price
- $0.16
What it does
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you pay 2 generic mana.
Shed harpy feathers leave painful wounds—which explains the harpies' mood.
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
Molting Harpy was released in 1999 as part of the Mercadian Masques expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Set on the plane of Mercadia, the card reflects the expansion's focus on themes of deception and political maneuvering. The art, created by Greg Staples, captures the grim, visceral nature of the creature, fitting the set’s darker aesthetic shift toward a marketplace-centric, goblin-dominated world.
The card is notable for its mechanical design, which features a cumulative upkeep cost that forces players to balance its utility against the loss of cards from their graveyard. While it did not dominate tournament play, it is recognized for its evocative artwork and its role in demonstrating the complex risk-versus-reward mechanics that defined the late-nineties era of the game’s development.
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