Scalpelexis
Judgment 50 • rare
- Set
- Judgment
- Collector number
- 50
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Mark Tedin
- Market price
- $0.34
What it does
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles the top four cards of their library. If two or more of those cards have the same name, repeat this process.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Scalpelexis was released in 2002 as part of the Judgment expansion, the third and final set in the Odyssey block for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed by Wizards of the Coast, this expansion leaned heavily into the mechanics of graveyard interaction and color-shifted cards, reflecting a period where the game's design philosophy was focused on resource management within the graveyard. As a blue creature, it was designed to disrupt an opponent's deck through the milling mechanic, a tactical choice that mirrored the set's broader theme of intellectual attrition and psychological warfare.
The card's illustration was crafted by artist Ron Spencer, whose distinctive, visceral style provided a dark, surgical aesthetic to the creature. Spencer aimed to evoke the terrifying nature of a 'scalpel' entity, using sharp, clinical lines and a brooding color palette to emphasize the card's function of cutting away an opponent's resources. Upon its release, the card was received as a niche but effective tool in limited gameplay environments, appreciated by players who favored control strategies that targeted the deck itself rather than the battlefield.
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