Spineless Thug
Nemesis 71 • common
- Set
- Nemesis
- Collector number
- 71
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Matthew D. Wilson
- Market price
- $0.20
What it does
This creature can't block.
These troops are only as strong as the evincar's control.
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
Spineless Thug was released in 2000 as part of the Nemesis expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. As the third set in the Urza block, Nemesis was designed to introduce mechanics that emphasized the flavor of the Phyrexians, a race of biomechanical villains. The card serves as a representative piece of the set’s focus on sacrifice-based strategies and black-aligned creature types common to the period.
The artwork for Spineless Thug was created by D. Alexander Gregory. Reflecting the visual language of the late 90s Magic era, the illustration depicts a groveling, physically warped entity, aligning with the dark, horror-inspired aesthetic that defined the Nemesis set. Upon release, the card was widely received as a functional, if standard, inclusion for limited play formats, serving as a modest mechanical iteration of the 'thug' archetype prevalent in the game's early history.
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