Nagging Thoughts
Shadows over Innistrad 74 • common
- Set
- Shadows over Innistrad
- Collector number
- 74
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Seb McKinnon
- Market price
- $0.05
What it does
Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the other into your graveyard.
Madness 1 generic mana blue mana (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Nagging Thoughts was released in 2016 as part of the Shadows over Innistrad set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. The set returned players to the gothic horror-themed plane of Innistrad, focusing on themes of psychological distress, cosmic mystery, and the corruption of the environment by the Eldrazi titan Emrakul. The card was designed as a blue sorcery, utilizing the 'delirium' mechanic—a key feature of the set that grants cards additional power when there are four or more card types in the player's graveyard, effectively representing a mind unraveling under the weight of excessive information.
The card’s artwork was illustrated by Ryan Alexander Lee, who sought to capture the feeling of mental agitation and obsession through visual composition. The imagery depicts a figure overwhelmed by swirling, fragmented visions, mirroring the mechanical function of the card which allows for card selection and graveyard filling. Within the context of competitive play, the card was received as a functional utility tool, prized for its ability to filter through decks while efficiently enabling the delirium mechanic for more potent strategies.
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