Wretched Banquet
Conflux 56 • common
- Set
- Conflux
- Collector number
- 56
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Nils Hamm
- Market price
- $0.09
What it does
Destroy target creature if it has the least power or is tied for least power among creatures on the battlefield.
"The meek inherit nothing."— Sedris, the Traitor King
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Wretched Banquet was released in 2009 as part of the Conflux expansion for Magic: The Gathering. As a common sorcery, it was designed to function within the set's specific mechanics, which focused on the convergence of the game's five mana colors. The card represents a recurring theme in the game's design where black-aligned spells trade life for tactical advantages on the battlefield, reflecting the set's darker narrative tone regarding the corruption of the plane of Alara.
The artwork was commissioned from illustrator Nils Hamm, whose distinctive, painterly style is known for its moody and organic aesthetic. Hamm aimed to evoke a sense of macabre elegance through the visual depiction of the banquet, distancing the piece from more clinical depictions of death. The card was received as a standard utility piece within the limited environment of the Conflux set, valued by players for its straightforward mechanical application rather than as a centerpiece of competitive play.
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