Night Soil
Fallen Empires 71c • common
- Set
- Fallen Empires
- Collector number
- 71c
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- green mana green mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Drew Tucker
- Market price
- $0.27
What it does
1 generic mana, Exile two creature cards from a single graveyard: Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.
"There were often more Thallids after a battle than before."— *Sarpadian Empires, vol. III*
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 released in 1994 as part of Fallen Empires, the fifth expansion set for Magic: The Gathering. The set was designed to explore a darker, post-apocalyptic narrative where various factions fought for dwindling resources in a dying world. The card's mechanics, which allow a player to exile creature cards from graveyards to create Saproling tokens, reflect the set's recurring theme of life sustained by death and organic decay.
The card features artwork by Susan Van Camp, who contributed several illustrations to the set. Her work for Fallen Empires often leaned into the gritty, atmospheric aesthetic requested by Wizards of the Coast to distinguish the expansion from the high-fantasy tone of the base game. While Fallen Empires was initially criticized for its lower power level compared to earlier sets, cards like Night Soil have since been recognized by collectors for their unique utility and the distinct, gothic art style characteristic of mid-90s Magic cards.
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