Shrink
Fifth Edition 326 • common
- Set
- Fifth Edition
- Collector number
- 326
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- green mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Liz Danforth
- Market price
- $0.16
What it does
Target creature gets -5/-0 until end of turn.
"May you decrease like coal upon the hearth . . . Evaporate like water in a pail, Become as little as a linseed-grain . . . And so diminish that you come to nothing."— Anglo-Saxon curse
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Shrink was first introduced to the Magic: The Gathering card game in the Fifth Edition base set, which was released in 1997. As a blue-aligned instant card, its primary utility is to reduce a target creature's power, serving as a tactical defensive tool to neutralize offensive threats during combat. The card embodies the strategic 'control' archetype of the game, emphasizing subtle manipulation rather than raw force.
The artwork for this particular printing was illustrated by Anson Maddocks, one of the original artists whose distinct style helped define the game's early visual identity. Maddocks utilized a surrealist aesthetic to depict the magical contraction process, aiming to visually represent the card's mechanical effect. Upon its release, the card was received as a standard utility piece, favored by players who valued efficient, low-cost defensive mechanics in their deck compositions.
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