Rotcrown Ghoul
Avacyn Restored 72 • common
- Set
- Avacyn Restored
- Collector number
- 72
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Dave Kendall
- Market price
- $0.04
What it does
When this creature dies, target player mills five cards.
"Don't look into its eyes. It's thinking things no dead thing should think."— Captain Eberhart
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
Rotcrown Ghoul was released in 2012 as part of the Avacyn Restored expansion for Magic: The Gathering. Set in the gothic-horror plane of Innistrad, the card reflects the set's focus on the balance between human survivors and the undead hordes plaguing the land. Mechanically, the card was designed to support the 'self-mill' strategy prevalent in blue-black deck archetypes of the era, rewarding players for putting their own cards into the graveyard.
The artwork for the card was illustrated by Dave Kendall, a long-time contributor to the game known for his atmospheric and grotesque depictions of fantasy creatures. Kendall’s design captures the decaying, mournful aesthetic of Innistrad’s ghouls, emphasizing a tattered, crown-like fungal growth upon the creature’s head. Upon release, the card was viewed as a functional utility piece for limited formats, noted for its thematic resonance with the set's cycle of life and undeath.
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