Traumatic Revelation
March of the Machine 127 • common
- Set
- March of the Machine
- Collector number
- 127
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Cristi Balanescu
- Market price
- $0.19
What it does
Target opponent reveals their hand. You may choose a creature or battle card from it. If you do, that player discards that card. If you don't, incubate 3. (Create an Incubator token with three +1/+1 counters on it and "2 generic mana: Transform this token." It transforms into a 0/0 Phyrexian artifact creature.)
"My new form must be hard to understand."
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Traumatic Revelation was released in April 2023 as part of the March of the Machine expansion for Magic: The Gathering. The set depicts the culmination of the Phyrexian invasion storyline, a multi-year narrative arc where the biomechanical Phyrexians attempted to assimilate the entire multiverse. As a common sorcery, this card serves to mechanically represent the psychological toll and the overwhelming influx of information experienced by characters facing the total collapse of their worlds during the conflict.
The artwork was commissioned by Wizards of the Coast and illustrated by Cristi Balanescu, a frequent contributor to the game's aesthetic. Balanescu utilized a high-contrast style typical of the set's urgent, battlefield-focused tone, aiming to visually capture the harrowing experience of a mind being forcibly opened or fractured. The design reflects the broader creative direction of March of the Machine, which prioritized intense, emotional depictions of the invasion's chaos across various planes of existence.
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