Plague of Vermin
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Source Material 7 • mythic
- Set
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Source Material
- Collector number
- 7
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Mana cost
- 6 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Peter Laird & Jim Lawson
- Market price
- $1.40
What it does
Starting with you, each player may pay any amount of life. Repeat this process until no one pays life. Each player creates a 1/1 black Rat creature token for each 1 life they paid this way.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Plague of Vermin was issued as part of the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles trading card series released by Topps in 1989. These cards were produced to capitalize on the massive pop-culture explosion of the TMNT franchise, which had transitioned from a gritty underground comic book by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird into a nationwide animated sensation. The card series featured a mix of comic panel reproductions and character profiles, serving as a nostalgic touchstone for the era's obsession with collectible card sets.
The imagery for the set heavily utilized existing assets from the Mirage Studios comic books and the initial animation style of the 1987 cartoon. The design approach focused on vibrant, high-contrast layouts intended to appeal to young collectors, often pairing dramatic action shots with descriptive text that fleshed out the Turtles' lore. Upon release, the set was received with enthusiasm by fans of the burgeoning franchise, cementing its place as a staple of late 1980s memorabilia.
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