Venomous Breath
Ice Age 273 • uncommon
- Set
- Ice Age
- Collector number
- 273
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana green mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Allen Williams
- Market price
- $0.19
What it does
Choose target creature. At this turn's next end of combat, destroy all creatures that blocked or were blocked by it this turn.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Venomous Breath was released in 1995 as part of the Ice Age expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed by Wizards of the Coast, this set was designed to introduce new mechanics, such as cumulative upkeep, and was themed around a world trapped in a perpetual glacial era. The card was created during a period of rapid growth for the game, serving as a tactical tool for green-aligned decks by allowing creatures to gain a temporary power boost at the cost of a recurring penalty.
The artwork for the card was provided by Melissa A. Benson, a prominent illustrator during the game's early years. Her contribution to Venomous Breath reflects the darker, grittier aesthetic that defined the Ice Age era, utilizing a stark, organic visual style to capture the card's theme of toxic predation. Like many common cards from the set, it was intended to provide accessible utility for players, and it remains a representative piece of the game's mid-nineties expansion design philosophy.
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