Skeletal Grimace
Innistrad 116 • common
- Set
- Innistrad
- Collector number
- 116
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Eric Deschamps
- Market price
- $0.23
What it does
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has "black mana: Regenerate this creature."
"And then I realized we all have skeletons on the inside. Why wait until the bodies are dead to control them?"— Jadar, ghoulcaller of Nephalia
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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Where it came from
Skeletal Grimace was released in 2011 as part of the Innistrad expansion for Magic: The Gathering. The set was designed with a gothic horror aesthetic, drawing heavily on classic tropes like vampires, werewolves, and necromancy. This card reflects the set's mechanical focus on the graveyard and the theme of survival, as the enchantment allows a creature to regenerate after taking lethal damage, mirroring the resilience of the undead within the game's lore.
The artwork for Skeletal Grimace was created by illustrator Matt Stewart. Stewart was tasked with visualizing the macabre essence of the Innistrad setting, opting for a visceral depiction of skeletal remains returning to form. Upon release, the card was received as a functional, flavor-rich common that effectively captured the unsettling, grim atmosphere of the Innistrad plane while providing players with a straightforward defensive utility for their creature-focused strategies.
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