Worst Fears
Journey into Nyx 87 • mythic
- Set
- Journey into Nyx
- Collector number
- 87
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Mana cost
- 7 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Eric Deschamps
- Market price
- $2.50
What it does
You control target player during that player's next turn. Exile Worst Fears. (You see all cards that player could see and make all decisions for them.)
Elspeth feared that her trespass into Nyx would not go unanswered.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Worst Fears was released in 2014 as part of the Journey into Nyx set, the final expansion in the Theros block for Magic: The Gathering. The set focused on the Greek-mythology-inspired plane of Theros, specifically highlighting the influence of the gods on the mortal realm. This card was designed as a high-cost, mythic rare sorcery intended to capture the feeling of total psychological and physical domination by allowing a player to control their opponent's entire turn.
The artwork was created by Eric Deschamps, who sought to visually represent the terrifying concept of having one's free will usurped by a divine or otherworldly entity. His illustration depicts a figure physically manipulated like a puppet, emphasizing the themes of fear and loss of agency central to the card's mechanics. The design was received by the player community as a quintessential 'big-mana' black spell, noted for its high variance and potential to completely flip the state of a game.
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