Nightmare's Thirst
Core Set 2019 111 • uncommon
- Set
- Core Set 2019
- Collector number
- 111
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Igor Kieryluk
- Market price
- $0.17
What it does
You gain 1 life. Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.
That feeling of something on your chest is usually sleep paralysis. Occasionally, it's something else.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Nightmare's Thirst was released in 2018 as part of the Core Set 2019 expansion for Magic: The Gathering. As a core set, this release was designed to provide a foundational experience for players, reintroducing key mechanical themes and narrative elements that define the game's multiverse. The card is a black sorcery spell that leans into the color's thematic obsession with life-draining and mortality, serving as both a removal tool and a method for player stabilization.
The artwork for the card was created by illustrator Deruchenko Alexander. The visual direction focuses on the grim, atmospheric aesthetic associated with black-aligned magic, emphasizing shadow and the consumption of essence. Upon release, the card was received as a functional, mid-tier utility spell, noted primarily by limited format players for its ability to manage creatures while providing a modest cushion of life gain in aggressive matchups.
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