Mortal Combat
Torment 71 • rare
- Set
- Torment
- Collector number
- 71
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana black mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Mike Ploog
- Market price
- $6.80
What it does
At the beginning of your upkeep, if twenty or more creature cards are in your graveyard, you win the game.
The crowd roared, the fighters bled, and the dead piled high in the pits. Only the Cabal could win.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Mortal Combat was released in 2002 as part of the Torment expansion set for Magic: The Gathering. The set, designed under the direction of Bill Rose, was notable for its heavy focus on the color black, reflecting the grim, graveyard-centric theme of the Otaria storyline. This particular card was designed to embody the visceral, win-or-lose nature of its namesake, challenging the player to fill their graveyard with twenty creatures to achieve an immediate victory.
The artwork for the card was illustrated by Greg Staples, whose dark, atmospheric style complemented the macabre tone of the Odyssey block. His depiction of a chaotic, shadowy battlefield captured the intensity required by the card's mechanics. While the card is often cited by players as a high-risk build-around strategy rather than a competitive tournament staple, it remains a memorable piece of Magic's early 2000s design era for its dramatic win condition.
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