Putrid Imp
Premium Deck Series: Graveborn 1 • common
- Set
- Premium Deck Series: Graveborn
- Collector number
- 1
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Wayne England
- Finish
- Foil
What it does
Discard a card: This creature gains flying until end of turn.
Threshold — As long as there are seven or more cards in your graveyard, this creature gets +1/+1 and can't block.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Putrid Imp was originally released in the 2002 Torment expansion, a set centered on the mechanics of the graveyard and the color black. As a one-mana creature with the ability to discard cards to gain flying, it was designed as a utility piece for graveyard-based strategies, allowing players to proactively bin powerful spells for later reanimation. Its inclusion in the 2011 Premium Deck Series: Graveborn served to spotlight these classic graveyard mechanics, featuring a new, premium foil treatment that appealed to players building dedicated reanimation decks.
The card's original art, illustrated by Dave Dorman, captures a grim, visceral aesthetic consistent with the dark fantasy tone of the Torment set. Dorman, known for his atmospheric work in the fantasy and science fiction genres, focused on the wretched, decaying nature of the creature to emphasize its role as a discard outlet. Upon its release, the card became a staple in niche competitive formats like Peasant Magic and remained a respected engine for various graveyard-focused archetypes due to its efficiency and low mana cost.
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