Necrogenesis
Shards of Alara 181 • uncommon
- Set
- Shards of Alara
- Collector number
- 181
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- black mana green mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Black · Green
- Artist
- Trevor Claxton
- Market price
- $0.30
What it does
2 generic mana: Exile target creature card from a graveyard. Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.
"Those may be the squirms of one life ending or of another beginning. Either way, I'd leave it alone."— Rakka Mar
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
Necrogenesis was released in 2008 as part of the Shards of Alara expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. The set introduced the concept of the Alara multiverses, which had been fractured into five distinct shards, each defined by a specific color philosophy. This card represents the Jund shard, a harsh, volcanic environment where survival is driven by the cycle of death and rebirth, capturing the mechanical theme of consuming the graveyard to generate resources.
The card’s art was illustrated by Raymond Swanland, whose distinct, high-contrast, and kinetic style became synonymous with the brutal aesthetic of the Jund shard. Swanland’s design emphasizes the raw, visceral nature of necromancy within the game's lore, depicting a skeletal structure rising from the waste. Upon release, the card was received as a niche but functional tool for players focusing on graveyard-based strategies, valued primarily for its ability to convert discarded cards into creature tokens.
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