Persistent Petitioners
Secret Lair Drop 597 • rare
- Set
- Secret Lair Drop
- Collector number
- 597
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Deathburger
- Finish
- Foil
What it does
1 generic mana, tap: Target player mills a card. (They put the top card of their library into their graveyard.)
Tap four untapped Advisors you control: Target player mills twelve cards.
A deck can have any number of cards named Persistent Petitioners.
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Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Persistent Petitioners, originally appearing in the Ravnica Allegiance set, were reimagined for a 2023 Secret Lair drop titled 'Special Guest: Junji Ito.' The card depicts an army of restless spirits designed by the acclaimed Japanese horror manga artist, capturing the unsettling, visceral aesthetic for which his work is globally recognized. This version was created to blend the mechanical utility of the card with the distinct, eerie visual style of one of the medium's most influential illustrators.
The reception to this release was notably strong within the trading card game community, largely due to the stylistic departure from traditional high-fantasy art. By enlisting an artist of Ito's stature, the publisher successfully reached both veteran players and enthusiasts of contemporary horror art. The design emphasizes the 'petitioning' nature of the creatures through elongated limbs and distorted expressions, effectively translating the card's gameplay function of repetitive, overwhelming numbers into a cohesive piece of dark art.
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