Strands of Night
Weatherlight 82 • uncommon
- Set
- Weatherlight
- Collector number
- 82
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana black mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Patrick Kochakji
- Market price
- $0.40
What it does
black mana black mana, Pay 2 life, Sacrifice a Swamp: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
"I have seen the night torn into thin darkling strips and woven into shapes too bleak for dreams."— Crovax
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
Strands of Night was released in 1997 as part of the Weatherlight expansion, the final set in the Mirage block for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. It was designed during a period when Wizards of the Coast was heavily focused on weaving complex narrative arcs into the game mechanics, centering the expansion on the crew of the skyship Weatherlight as they navigated the multiversal conflict against the Phyrexians.
The card was illustrated by Donato Giancola, a prominent fantasy artist known for his realistic and atmospheric rendering style. Giancola’s design for this card captures the dark, necromantic essence of the ability, which allows players to bring creatures back from the graveyard at a significant cost. The piece was well-received by players for its thematic consistency, though the card itself is often noted by collectors for its high mana activation cost, which historically limited its competitive playability compared to other reanimation spells.
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