Tavern Ruffian // Tavern Smasher
Innistrad: Double Feature 163 • common
- Set
- Innistrad: Double Feature
- Collector number
- 163
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana red mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Zoltan Boros
- Market price
- $0.25
What it does
Daybound (If a player casts no spells during their own turn, it becomes night next turn.)
She dispatched every challenger with a sickening snap of bone.
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 first appeared in the 2022 Magic: The Gathering release Innistrad: Double Feature. This set served as a retrospective of the two preceding expansions, Innistrad: Midnight Hunt and Innistrad: Crimson Vow, uniquely presenting the cards in a greyscale, high-contrast aesthetic that pays homage to classic black-and-white horror cinema. This specific card was originally designed to introduce a double-faced transformation mechanic, allowing players to represent the sudden, volatile shift of a character succumbing to a lycanthropic curse.
The illustrative work captures the Gothic horror themes central to the Innistrad plane. By utilizing the 'Silver Screen' foil treatment exclusive to this set, the design emphasizes the dramatic lighting and stark shadows inherent in its design intent. While these double-faced cards were functional components of the Limited environment, the Double Feature version is primarily valued by collectors for its distinct visual style and its role as a limited-run commemorative edition of the return to the plane.
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