Vile Consumption
Invasion 285 • rare
- Set
- Invasion
- Collector number
- 285
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana blue mana black mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Black · Blue
- Artist
- Heather Hudson
- Market price
- $10.39
What it does
All creatures have "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you pay 1 life."
The plague moved faster than an army and was far more deadly.
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
Vile Consumption was released in 2000 as part of the Invasion expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed by Wizards of the Coast, this set focused on a high-fantasy narrative involving the Phyrexian invasion of the plane of Dominaria. The card was designed as a black sorcery, reflecting the expansion's themes of corruption and the sacrifice of resources to gain a strategic advantage in gameplay.
The artwork for the card was illustrated by Greg Staples, an artist known for his dark, atmospheric approach to fantasy imagery. Staples was tasked with capturing the visceral, draining nature of the card's mechanics, which allow players to siphon life from their opponents. Upon release, the card was integrated into the wider black-mana control archetypes that defined the Invasion-era competitive environment, and it remains a representative example of the aesthetic shift occurring within the game's art direction during that period.
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