Stern Judge
Torment 16 • uncommon
- Set
- Torment
- Collector number
- 16
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana white mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Matt Cavotta
- Market price
- $0.24
What it does
tap: Each player loses 1 life for each Swamp they control.
"How to punish the guilty is up to the Ancestor. Deciding who merits such punishment is up to me."
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Stern Judge was released in 2002 as part of the Torment expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. The set was the second installment in the Odyssey block and focused heavily on the mechanics of the graveyard, introducing a dark, surreal aesthetic that permeated the card illustrations and narrative themes.
The card was illustrated by Greg Staples, a prolific artist known for his atmospheric and gritty portrayals of fantasy archetypes. His design for Stern Judge leans into the thematic focus of Torment, which emphasized moral ambiguity and judgment, utilizing a somber color palette and stark composition to reflect the card's function as a punishing force against opponents with expansive decks.
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