Tormented Thoughts
Journey into Nyx 86 • uncommon
- Set
- Journey into Nyx
- Collector number
- 86
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Allen Williams
- Market price
- $0.09
What it does
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Target player discards a number of cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power.
"Not all nightmares can be escaped by waking."— Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Tormented Thoughts was released in 2014 as part of the Journey into Nyx set, the final expansion in the Theros block for Magic: The Gathering. The set was designed to explore the intersection of Greek mythology and the game’s unique enchantment-focused mechanics, with this specific card reflecting the block's pervasive themes of gods, mortal suffering, and divine influence within the plane of Nyx.
The card’s illustration was created by artist Nils Hamm, whose dark, ethereal style was employed to capture the psychological toll of the card's effect. The design aimed to visually represent the forced discard of memory and sanity, fitting into the set's broader narrative of black-aligned mana sources exerting control over the minds of others through grief and despair.
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