Slitherhead
Return to Ravnica 222 • uncommon
- Set
- Return to Ravnica
- Collector number
- 222
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- black mana or green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black · Green
- Artist
- Greg Staples
- Market price
- $0.11
What it does
Scavenge 0 generic mana (0 generic mana, Exile this card from your graveyard: Put a number of +1/+1 counters equal to this card's power on target creature. Scavenge only as a sorcery.)
"It makes better use of Uncle Dragi's head than he ever did."— Pesha, retired blacksmith
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Slitherhead was released in 2012 as part of the Return to Ravnica expansion for Magic: The Gathering. The set marked a highly anticipated return to the city-plane of Ravnica, a fan-favorite setting defined by its ten distinct two-color guilds. Slitherhead serves as a representative card for the Golgari Swarm, the guild characterized by the cycle of life and death, utilizing the set-specific Scavenge mechanic which allowed players to exile creature cards from their graveyard to grant power and toughness to living creatures.
The card's visual identity was crafted by illustrator Nils Hamm, whose distinctive, organic painting style is well-suited to the Golgari aesthetic. Hamm focused on the creature's eerie, undead nature, blending fungal growths with insectoid features to embody the guild's theme of rot-fueled regrowth. Upon its release, the card was noted for its utility in limited formats and its contribution to the flavor of the set, grounding the complex mechanics of the Golgari in a visually cohesive and unsettling design.
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