Plague Engineer
Modern Horizons 1 Timeshifts 14 • rare
- Set
- Modern Horizons 1 Timeshifts
- Collector number
- 14
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Nicholas Gregory
- Market price
- $1.29
What it does
Deathtouch
As this creature enters, choose a creature type.
Creatures of the chosen type your opponents control get -1/-1.
"The lasting effects are invariably fatal."— Phyrexian progress notes
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Plague Engineer was introduced in the 2019 Modern Horizons set, a product specifically designed to introduce new cards directly into the Modern format of Magic: The Gathering without requiring them to pass through a Standard-legal release. The card was conceptualized to provide black-aligned decks with a versatile tool for board interaction, specifically targeting tribal strategies by allowing a player to name a creature type and impose a static penalty to the toughness of all creatures of that type.
The artwork, illustrated by Nils Hamm, leans into the grim, high-fantasy aesthetic common to the set's interpretation of plane-spanning archetypes. Hamm’s design utilizes a muted, atmospheric palette to emphasize the unsettling nature of the character, a plague-doctor figure whose presence serves as a mechanical check against aggressive, swarm-based deck archetypes. Upon release, the card was widely recognized as a highly efficient sideboard staple, prized by competitive players for its ability to systematically dismantle creature-heavy strategies.
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