Stench of Decay
Alliances 61b • common
- Set
- Alliances
- Collector number
- 61b
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana black mana black mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Heather Hudson
- Market price
- $0.11
What it does
Nonartifact creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn.
"My lord, there is only so much I can do. This plague infests Krov worse than any other city."— Halvor Arensson, Kjeldoran Priest
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Stench of Decay was released in 1996 as part of the Alliances expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed by Wizards of the Coast, Alliances was designed as a direct sequel to the Ice Age set, aiming to expand the strategic depth of the game with new mechanics and a darker, more cohesive winter-themed aesthetic. The set was created to address player interest in more complex card interactions, solidifying its place in the game's early history.
The card features an illustration by the artist Dameon Willich, who contributed numerous pieces to the early era of Magic: The Gathering. Willich’s design focuses on a visceral, macabre depiction of organic rot, aligning with the dark fantasy tone established by the set's art direction. As a common card with a black mana alignment, it was designed to provide utility within the graveyard-manipulation archetypes that were beginning to take shape during the mid-nineties meta.
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