Putrefaction
Mercadian Masques 153 • uncommon
- Set
- Mercadian Masques
- Collector number
- 153
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- DiTerlizzi
- Market price
- $0.30
What it does
Whenever a player casts a green or white spell, that player discards a card.
"Do you want to be alive or whole?"— Ta-Karnst, Cho-Arrim healer
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Putrefaction was released in 1999 as part of the Mercadian Masques expansion for Magic: The Gathering. The set was designed to explore a world dominated by mercantile guilds and commerce, following the game's shift away from the high-fantasy aesthetic of earlier sets toward a more grounded, industrial, and social narrative.
The card was illustrated by Greg Staples, whose work often utilizes dramatic lighting and textured, painterly brushwork to convey the grimier aspects of the game's darker themes. As a card featuring the 'putrefy' mechanic, it was intended to serve as a niche removal spell that reflected the set’s themes of decay and the consequences of the ongoing conflict on the plane of Mercadia.
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About Putrefaction
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