Soot Imp
Eventide 43 • uncommon
- Set
- Eventide
- Collector number
- 43
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana black mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Jesper Ejsing
- Market price
- $1.32
What it does
Flying
Whenever a player casts a nonblack spell, that player loses 1 life.
"If one gets in your chimney, you're going to need a long wick and a barrel of bangstuff to get it out."— Hob Heddil
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Soot Imp was released in 2008 as part of the Eventide set, the second expansion in the Shadowmoor block for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. The set was designed to explore the concept of a world undergoing a magical transformation, focusing on hybrid mana symbols and mechanics that rewarded players for playing multicolored cards. As a common creature, the Soot Imp was intended to serve as a functional piece of removal or board pressure within the Limited environment, specifically utilizing the set's emphasis on color-based triggers.
The card was illustrated by the artist Dave Kendall, whose work is characterized by a dark, gothic aesthetic that fit well with the gloomy atmosphere of the Shadowmoor plane. Kendall’s design captures the creature as a spindly, ethereal entity composed of shadow and smoke, reflecting its mechanical identity as a source of incremental life drain. Upon release, the card was received as a standard utility creature, valued primarily for its specific interaction with opponents casting multicolored spells, which was a core mechanical theme of the Eventide release.
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