Tendrils of Despair
Weatherlight 83 • common
- Set
- Weatherlight
- Collector number
- 83
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- John Coulthart
- Market price
- $0.16
What it does
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Target opponent discards two cards.
"Because I am incapable of tears does not mean I have no need to shed them."— Karn, silver golem
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
Tendrils of Despair was released in 1997 as part of the Weatherlight expansion, the final chapter of the Weatherlight Saga's introductory storyline in Magic: The Gathering. The card was designed to reflect the dark, high-stakes narrative of the expansion, where the crew of the skyship Weatherlight ventures into the Rath plane to rescue their captain. Mechanically, it serves as a discard effect, illustrating the oppressive and corrupting nature of the plane's environment.
The artwork was created by Greg Staples, whose illustrative style emphasizes the grim, gothic aesthetic prevalent in the mid-nineties card sets. His depiction of the tendrils captures the parasitic essence of the Rath overlay, fitting the card's function as a resource-depleting spell. Upon release, it was regarded as a niche utility card, valued primarily by players exploring black-aligned control decks that sought to disrupt opponent hand development during the early phases of the game.
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