Possessed Aven
Torment 45 • rare
- Set
- Torment
- Collector number
- 45
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Scott M. Fischer
- Market price
- $0.36
What it does
Flying
Threshold — As long as there are seven or more cards in your graveyard, this creature gets +1/+1, is black, and has "2 generic mana black mana, tap: Destroy target blue creature."
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Possessed Aven was released in 2002 as part of the Torment expansion for Magic: The Gathering. The set was designed to explore the mechanics of black mana, shifting the color pie focus heavily toward characters and creatures that had succumbed to corruption or madness. The Aven, typically bird-folk associated with the white mana color identity, were reimagined here as warped, black-aligned antagonists reflecting the set's themes of misery and obsession.
The card illustration was created by artist Daren Bader. In keeping with the creative brief for the Torment set, Bader's design depicts the creature with a grim, emaciated aesthetic to convey its 'possessed' state. Upon release, the card was viewed primarily as a functional utility piece for black decks, valued for its ability to selectively lock out white cards, a strategic choice that emphasized the deep color-focused design philosophy of the Odyssey block.
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