Sunken City
The Dark 36 • common
- Set
- The Dark
- Collector number
- 36
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Jesper Myrfors
- Market price
- $0.38
What it does
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this enchantment unless you pay blue mana blue mana.
Blue creatures get +1/+1.
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
Sunken City was released in 1994 as part of The Dark, the fourth expansion set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed by Wizards of the Coast, the set was intended to expand the game's atmospheric scope, drawing heavily on gothic horror and dark fantasy themes. The card functions as an enchantment that penalizes non-blue creatures by dealing damage during the upkeep phase, reflecting the suffocating nature of a submerged landscape.
The artwork was provided by Jesper Myrfors, who served as the game’s first art director and helped establish the early visual identity of the franchise. Myrfors employed a muted, grim aesthetic for the piece, emphasizing the decay and claustrophobic isolation of the titular city. Upon release, the card was generally viewed as a niche tactical piece, favored for specific deck archetypes that utilized blue mana but otherwise largely recognized as a stylistic curiosity within the set's broader exploration of darker, more complex mechanics.
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