Vicious Hunger
Eighth Edition 171 • common
- Set
- Eighth Edition
- Collector number
- 171
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- black mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Massimiliano Frezzato
- Market price
- $0.14
What it does
Vicious Hunger deals 2 damage to target creature and you gain 2 life.
Only the most ravenous soul feeds on the health of the weak.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Vicious Hunger was printed in the Eighth Edition core set of the Magic: The Gathering trading card game, released in 2003. This set marked a significant milestone as the first to feature the modern card frame design, which updated the aesthetic of the game to improve readability and visual consistency across the brand. The card itself represents a black-aligned spell designed to drain life from an opponent's creature while providing a small amount of health restoration to the player.
The illustration for this iteration was created by artist Carl Critchlow, whose work frequently appeared throughout the early 2000s. Critchlow’s style often leaned into the dark, gothic, and slightly grotesque themes central to the black color palette in Magic. The artwork aimed to capture the visceral nature of the card's effect, focusing on the dark magical essence siphoned during the casting of the spell.
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