Pernicious Deed
Apocalypse 114 • rare
- Set
- Apocalypse
- Collector number
- 114
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana black mana green mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Black · Green
- Artist
- Christopher Moeller
- Market price
- $17.37
What it does
X mana, Sacrifice this enchantment: Destroy each artifact, creature, and enchantment with mana value X or less.
"Yawgmoth," Freyalise whispered as she set the bomb, "now you will pay for your treachery."
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Pernicious Deed was released in 2001 as part of the Apocalypse set, the final installment of the Invasion block in Magic: The Gathering. Designed during a period of transition in the game's mechanics, the card was intended to provide a powerful, scalable board-clearing effect for green and black decks. By requiring players to pay a variable amount of mana into the enchantment, it offered a strategic balance between immediate impact and long-term setup, effectively serving as a centerpiece for control-oriented strategies of that era.
The card’s striking visual identity was crafted by artist Christopher Moeller, who captured the destructive nature of the effect through an evocative, dark aesthetic. Moeller’s illustration depicts a ritualistic scene of corruption and decay, which perfectly aligned with the game's shift toward more mature, thematic artwork during the early 2000s. The card was well-received by competitive players for its versatility and remains a recognized staple of the vintage and legacy formats due to its unique combination of color identity and board-wiping capability.
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