Vile Deacon
Legions 85 • common
- Set
- Legions
- Collector number
- 85
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Matthew D. Wilson
- Market price
- $0.18
What it does
Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of Clerics on the battlefield.
"The Cabal and the Order really aren't that different. After all, we are both empowered by faith."
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Vile Deacon was released in February 2003 as part of the Legions expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. The set was designed to focus heavily on creature-based mechanics and tribal synergies, specifically highlighting the return of the Cleric, Zombie, and Beast creature types. Within the lore of the set, Vile Deacon represents the dark, cult-like factions of the plane of Otaria, serving as a manifestation of the set's emphasis on graveyard interactions and death-themed mechanics.
The card’s illustration was crafted by artist Carl Critchlow, whose work is characterized by a distinct, heavily lined aesthetic that frequently appeared throughout the early 2000s era of the game. Critchlow intended to capture the grotesque and ritualistic nature of a religious figure corrupted by necromancy, utilizing sharp, high-contrast shading to emphasize the Deacon’s unsettling demeanor. Upon its release, the card was viewed as a solid mid-tier inclusion for black-aligned creature decks, particularly those built around Cleric themes common to the Legions set.
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