Scars of the Veteran
Alliances 16 • uncommon
- Set
- Alliances
- Collector number
- 16
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana white mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Dan Frazier
- Market price
- $0.28
What it does
You may exile a white card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Prevent the next 7 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn. If it's a creature, put a +0/+1 counter on it for each 1 damage prevented this way at the beginning of the next end step.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Scars of the Veteran was released in June 1996 as part of the Alliances expansion for Magic: The Gathering. As a set that arrived in the wake of the highly volatile Homelands expansion, Alliances was designed to revitalize the game's competitive environment by introducing powerful, utility-focused cards. This specific white enchantment was intended to provide players with a way to mitigate damage over time, fitting the set's broader theme of strategic resource management and survival during long games.
The artwork for the card was provided by illustrator Mike Kimble, whose work in the mid-nineties often featured the darker, high-fantasy aesthetic characteristic of early Magic sets. The design aimed to convey the physical and psychological toll of prolonged conflict, reflecting the card's function of turning sustained injury into a defensive advantage. Upon its release, the card was generally viewed as a niche defensive option, often overshadowed by the more aggressive or high-impact spells that came to define the competitive Alliances meta.
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