Spatial Contortion
Oath of the Gatewatch 8 • uncommon
- Set
- Oath of the Gatewatch
- Collector number
- 8
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana colorless mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Daarken
- Market price
- $0.23
What it does
(colorless mana represents colorless mana.)
Target creature gets +3/-3 until end of turn.
"For those without the Planeswalker spark, the merest touch of the Blind Eternities can kill."— Ugin
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Spatial Contortion was released in 2016 as part of the Oath of the Gatewatch expansion for Magic: The Gathering. The card was designed to function as a versatile removal spell within the colorless Eldrazi-themed mechanics that defined the set, allowing players to either shrink an opponent's creature or provide a temporary power boost to their own units in exchange for a cost in colorless mana.
The artwork was illustrated by Magali Villeneuve, a prominent artist in the fantasy gaming space. Villeneuve utilized a stark, abstract aesthetic to represent the reality-warping influence of the Eldrazi titans, aiming to visualize the physical distortion of space mentioned in the card's rules text. Upon its release, the card saw immediate competitive play for its efficiency and flexibility, becoming a staple in various deck archetypes within the Modern and Legacy formats.
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