Novice Occultist
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt 117 • common
- Set
- Innistrad: Midnight Hunt
- Collector number
- 117
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Zara Alfonso
- Market price
- $0.22
What it does
When this creature dies, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
All across Gavony, in shuttered bedrooms and locked barns, young people seek the answers their elders failed to provide.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Novice Occultist was released in 2021 as part of the Innistrad: Midnight Hunt expansion for Magic: The Gathering. The set served as a return to the fan-favorite gothic horror plane of Innistrad, focusing on themes of witchcraft, harvest festivals, and the struggle against encroaching darkness. The card was designed as a common-rarity creature to provide mechanical utility within the Limited environment, specifically utilizing the 'exploit' mechanic that rewards players for sacrificing creatures to trigger powerful board effects.
The artwork for this card was created by illustrator Anna Steinbauer, who sought to capture the atmosphere of a desperate, fledgling practitioner of the dark arts. By depicting the occultist amidst the dim, misty environments characteristic of the Innistrad setting, the illustration emphasizes the vulnerability and scholarly curiosity central to the card's narrative identity. It was well-received by players for its flavor-driven design and its practical application in black-aligned deck archetypes that rely on sacrificial synergy.
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About Novice Occultist
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