Nightmare
Limited Edition Beta 119 • rare
- Set
- Limited Edition Beta
- Collector number
- 119
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 5 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Melissa A. Benson
- Market price
- €532.75
What it does
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Nightmare's power and toughness are each equal to the number of Swamps you control.
The Nightmare arises from its lair in the swamps. As the poisoned land spreads, so does the Nightmare's rage and terrifying strength.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Nightmare was released in 1993 as part of the Limited Edition Beta set for Magic: The Gathering, the foundational trading card game developed by Richard Garfield and published by Wizards of the Coast. As a core component of the initial game design, the card represented a high-cost, high-reward creature archetype intended to reward players who committed their deck resources to a single color, specifically Black, which utilized the swamp-based mana system.
The card’s iconic illustration was created by Melissa Benson, whose dark, evocative aesthetic helped define the gothic fantasy tone of early Magic sets. Her depiction of a skeletal, spectral horse captured the ominous flavor of the game's creature types. Upon release, the card was widely recognized for its ability to scale in power as the game progressed, making it a staple of early casual and competitive play environments.
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