Tavern Ruffian // Tavern Smasher
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt 296 • common
- Set
- Innistrad: Midnight Hunt
- Collector number
- 296
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana red mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Michael Walsh
- Market price
- $0.14
What it does
Daybound (If a player casts no spells during their own turn, it becomes night next turn.)
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Tavern Ruffian // Tavern Smasher was released in 2021 as part of the Magic: The Gathering expansion set Innistrad: Midnight Hunt. The set marked a return to the gothic horror-themed plane of Innistrad, focusing on a narrative centered around the harvest festival and the encroaching eternal night. This double-faced card mechanic was utilized to represent the set's central werewolf theme, allowing the creature to transform from a human ruffian into a monstrous smasher as the game state progresses, reflecting the set's emphasis on day and night cycles.
The card was illustrated by artist Wisnu Tan, who captured the transformation through a dynamic shift in lighting and character posture. The design process for this cycle of cards aimed to balance mechanical utility with the atmospheric, eerie aesthetic characteristic of the Innistrad plane. Upon release, the card was received as a standard creature design within the draft environment, noted for its effectiveness as an aggressive red-mana card that rewards players for managing the turn-based mechanics of the set.
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