Nekrataal
Battle Royale Box Set 46 • uncommon
- Set
- Battle Royale Box Set
- Collector number
- 46
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Adrian Smith
- Market price
- $0.59
What it does
First strike
When this creature enters, destroy target nonartifact, nonblack creature. That creature can't be regenerated.
"I have seen the horrors Kaervek has freed. My Betrayal is certain—but of Kaervek or of Jamuraa, I cannot say."— Jolrael
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
Nekrataal was originally introduced in the Visions expansion of Magic: The Gathering in 1997, designed to offer black-aligned decks a powerful creature with an immediate 'enter-the-battlefield' removal effect. The art for this specific printing comes from the Battle Royale box set, a 1999 compilation intended to introduce new players to the game by pairing pre-constructed decks designed for direct head-to-head play.
The creature is illustrated by Dermot Power, whose depiction captures a menacing, spindly aesthetic consistent with the undead flavor of the game's black mana color. While the Battle Royale set served as a utilitarian tool for teaching game mechanics, it is now viewed as a piece of late-nineties hobby history, representing a period where Wizards of the Coast experimented with boxed sets to bridge the gap between casual play and the increasingly complex competitive meta.
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