Scathe Zombies
Revised Edition 127 • common
- Set
- Revised Edition
- Collector number
- 127
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Jesper Myrfors
- Market price
- $0.18
What it does
"They groaned, they stirred, they all uprose,/ Nor spake, nor moved their eyes;/ It had been strange, even in a dream,/ To have seen those dead men rise."/ —Samuel Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Scathe Zombies first appeared in the Alpha set of Magic: The Gathering in 1993, designed by Richard Garfield as a foundational creature for the black mana color identity. It was intended as a functional, low-cost undead minion that reinforced the game's gothic horror aesthetic. The Revised Edition, released in 1994, served as the third core set for the game and utilized the same original artwork by Dan Frazier, whose stark, skeletal illustrations became synonymous with the early visual language of the trading card game.
The design of the card is a quintessential example of early Magic's top-down approach, where mechanical function—being a simple, replaceable combatant—matched its flavor text and imagery. While it was never considered a powerful card in competitive formats, it is frequently cited by collectors for its role in establishing the 'vanilla' creature archetype during the game's formative years. The Revised Edition printing is particularly recognizable by its distinct white border, marking a transition point in the game's early print history.
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