Magic: The Gathering

Scar

Shadowmoor 194 • common

Set: Shadowmoor
Collector number: 194
Rarity: Common
Mana cost: black mana or red mana
Type: Instant
Colors: Black · Red
Artist: Pete Venters
Market price: $0.24

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What it's worth

$0.24market price via TCGplayer · Oct 7, 2026$0.18 – $0.25 over the tracked period

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Lore

Why it matters

As a common card from the Shadowmoor set, Scar is a staple of its environment, offering a straightforward way to manage creature threats. Its presence in the set highlights the functional efficiency often found in lower-rarity cards, providing players with essential utility during gameplay.

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Card face

What it does

Put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.

"What is a scar? A sign of courage in the face of danger? A mere trick of flesh? Or a constant reminder of agonizing pain, and the follies of war."— Illulia of Nighthearth

Formats

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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Provenance

Where it came from

Scar was released in 2008 as part of the Shadowmoor set, the second expansion in the Shadowmoor block for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. The set was designed to explore a world of eternal twilight and folklore-inspired horror, emphasizing hybrid mana symbols and mechanics that rewarded players for interacting with creatures in specific ways. As a common-rarity red instant, Scar was intended to serve as a functional utility piece in Limited environments, allowing players to weaken opposing creatures by placing -1/-1 counters on them.

The artwork for the card was illustrated by Matt Cavotta, a prolific artist who contributed to Magic: The Gathering for over a decade. Cavotta’s style for this piece focuses on the visceral, gritty aesthetic characteristic of the Shadowmoor setting, capturing the theme of corruption and decay. Upon its release, the card was received as a standard utility tool, valued primarily for its tactical use in draft play rather than for its presence in constructed formats, reflecting the set's broader design goal of prioritizing synergy and atmosphere.

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