Pitiless Pontiff
Ravnica Allegiance 194 • uncommon
- Set
- Ravnica Allegiance
- Collector number
- 194
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- white mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black · White
- Artist
- Yongjae Choi
- Market price
- $0.20
What it does
1 generic mana, Sacrifice another creature: This creature gains deathtouch and indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)
"Pay in gold. Pay in blood. Pay with the servitude of your spirit kin. But pay you must."
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
Pitiless Pontiff was released in early 2019 as part of the Ravnica Allegiance set, the second expansion in the third return to the iconic Ravnica plane in Magic: The Gathering. As an uncommon creature representing the Orzhov Syndicate, the card was designed to highlight the faction's signature mechanics involving sacrifice and afterlife effects, which reflect their bureaucratic and spiritually exploitative nature.
The artwork was illustrated by Yongjae Choi, who emphasized the chilling authority of the Orzhov clergy. Choi’s design choice focuses on the contrast between the rigid, aristocratic posture of the pontiff and the ghostly, spectral influences surrounding them, effectively capturing the macabre aesthetic that defines the Orzhov guild's role in the plane’s complex political landscape.
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