Words of Waste
Onslaught 182 • rare
- Set
- Onslaught
- Collector number
- 182
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Jerry Tiritilli
- Market price
- $5.55
What it does
1 generic mana: The next time you would draw a card this turn, each opponent discards a card instead.
"Terror corrupts order and paralyzes instinct."— *Volume III, The Book of Decay*
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Words of Waste was released in 2002 as part of the Onslaught expansion for Magic: The Gathering. As a card within the 'Onslaught' cycle of enchantments that reward players for cycling cards, it was designed to synergize with the set's central mechanic of discarding cards for secondary effects. The card's ability allows a player to force an opponent to discard a card instead of drawing one, provided they pay a specific mana cost.
The artwork was illustrated by Daren Bader, whose style during this period often emphasized the surreal and grotesque aesthetics common to the game's darker themes. Upon its release, the card was viewed primarily as a functional tool for control-oriented strategies, particularly in the Limited and Constructed formats of the early 2000s, where its ability to manipulate an opponent's hand size served as a niche but effective disruption tactic.
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