Poison the Well
Shadowmoor 193 • common
- Set
- Shadowmoor
- Collector number
- 193
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana or red mana black mana or red mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black · Red
- Artist
- Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai
- Market price
- $0.15
What it does
Destroy target land. Poison the Well deals 2 damage to that land's controller.
Wells that provide clean, unhaunted water are rare enough to be worth building an entire town around.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Poison the Well was released as part of the Shadowmoor expansion for Magic: The Gathering in May 2008. The set drew heavily on dark, folkloric themes and a world trapped in an eternal twilight, shifting the game's aesthetic toward a more gloomy and gothic tone than its predecessor, Lorwyn. This specific card reflects the set's mechanical focus on hybrid mana costs and the intense emotional resonance inherent to the Shadowmoor plane.
The card's art was created by Warren Mahy, an illustrator known for his contributions to numerous fantasy gaming properties. Mahy's design captures the corruption of a life-giving source, utilizing a palette and composition that emphasize the malevolent transformation of the environment. Upon its debut, the card was received as a functional tool for land destruction within the game's competitive environments, noted for its ability to punish opponents who relied heavily on non-basic land cycles common in that era.
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