Thoughtpicker Witch
Ravnica: City of Guilds 109 • common
- Set
- Ravnica: City of Guilds
- Collector number
- 109
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Pete Venters
- Market price
- $0.15
What it does
1 generic mana, Sacrifice a creature: Look at the top two cards of target opponent's library, then exile one of them.
"Once the brew gets the brains nice and pickled, they're a lot easier to pick through."
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Thoughtpicker Witch was released in 2005 as part of the Ravnica: City of Guilds set, the inaugural entry in a block centered on the color-coded guilds of the plane of Ravnica. The card was designed to support the Golgari Swarm, a faction characterized by themes of decay, graveyard recursion, and the cycle of life and death. Mechanically, it functions as a low-cost utility creature that allows players to sacrifice their own assets to manipulate the top of an opponent’s library, reflecting the guild's penchant for scavenging and psychological interference.
The card’s visual identity was established by illustrator Matt Cavotta, who provided a macabre depiction of the witch consistent with the dark, urban-gothic aesthetic of the Golgari. Within the competitive landscape of the time, the card was viewed primarily as a niche tool for limited environments and specific graveyard-focused archetypes. Its design remains a representative example of the guild-centric philosophy that defined the Ravnica era of Magic: The Gathering, emphasizing synergy over individual raw power.
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