Vicious Rumors
Guilds of Ravnica 89 • common
- Set
- Guilds of Ravnica
- Collector number
- 89
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- David Palumbo
- Market price
- $0.33
What it does
Vicious Rumors deals 1 damage to each opponent. Each opponent discards a card, then mills a card. You gain 1 life.
"The alliances were already frayed. All we do is find the loose threads and pluck."— Lazav
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Vicious Rumors was released in the 2018 Magic: The Gathering set Guilds of Ravnica, a return to the fan-favorite cityscape of Ravnica. The card represents the Dimir guild, a clandestine organization of information brokers and assassins who operate from the shadows of the plane. Its mechanical design, which forces opponents to discard cards and lose life, captures the essence of the Dimir's psychological warfare tactics, emphasizing the guild's reliance on subtle manipulation rather than raw brute force.
The card's artwork was illustrated by Igor Kieryluk, an artist known for his atmospheric contributions to the Magic: The Gathering universe. Kieryluk chose to emphasize the gloomy, secretive aesthetic inherent to the Dimir, utilizing deep blues and blacks to convey the sense of conspiracy and urban decay characteristic of the Ravnica undercity. Upon its debut, the card was widely noted by players for its efficiency in Limited formats, where incremental resource disruption can prove decisive in tight games.
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