Night Soil
Commander 2013 158 • common
- Set
- Commander 2013
- Collector number
- 158
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- green mana green mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Richard Wright
- Market price
- $1.37
What it does
1 generic mana, Exile two creature cards from a single graveyard: Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.
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Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Night Soil was originally printed in the Fallen Empires expansion in 1994, reflecting the set's grim, thematic focus on resource scarcity and decay. It returned as part of the Commander 2013 product line, a series of preconstructed decks released by Wizards of the Coast designed specifically for the popular multiplayer Commander format. This reprint allowed the card to reach a wider audience of players who favored graveyard-interaction mechanics.
The artwork for the Commander 2013 release was illustrated by Pete Venters, who maintained the dark, visceral aesthetic consistent with the card's function of exiling creature cards to create Saproling tokens. While the card is often viewed as a niche utility piece due to its specific graveyard-targeting requirements, it remains a recognized example of the functional, graveyard-hate effects that were common in the early design philosophy of Magic: The Gathering.
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