Virulent Emissary
Lorwyn Eclipsed 406 • uncommon
- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed
- Collector number
- 406
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Tiffany Turrill
- Market price
- $1.04
What it does
Deathtouch
Whenever another creature you control enters, you gain 1 life.
Where you can play it
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Virulent Emissary, numbered 406 in the Lorwyn Eclipsed expansion, reflects the darker, more unsettling thematic shifts introduced during the second half of the Lorwyn-Shadowmoor block. Released in 2008, the set leaned heavily into the concept of a magical eclipse transforming the pastoral, whimsical world of Lorwyn into the gloomier Shadowmoor. This card serves as a thematic anchor for the set's embrace of horror-adjacent aesthetics, embodying the parasitic and necrotic influences that permeate the plane as the sun fails.
The illustration for Virulent Emissary was crafted to heighten the sense of atmospheric dread characteristic of the block. Its design prioritizes a visual language of corruption and decay, utilizing muted, sickly palettes that stand in stark contrast to the vibrant, folkloric art found in earlier sets. Upon its debut, the card was noted by players and critics alike for its effective contribution to the set's immersive world-building, cementing the transition from the light-hearted mythos of early Lorwyn to the more visceral, high-fantasy tension of its later iterations.
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