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◇ Catalog #57

Desecration Elemental

DIGITAL ONLY

td2·#57·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Pete Venters

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

May '11

15 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #11,532 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$0.17

Gameplay

Creature — Elemental

Fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.) Whenever a player casts a spell, sacrifice a creature.

Its precious corpses dance like puppets to attract mindless nim prey.

8/8

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2004-12-01wotc

If Desecration Elemental is the only creature you control when its triggered ability resolves, you’ll have to sacrifice it.

2004-12-01wotc

This ability triggers off anyone casting a spell, including you, not just Desecration Elemental’s controller or an opponent.

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from TD2 — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #57 of *Duel Decks: Mirrodin Pure vs. New Phyrexia*, the set that shipped alongside the May 2011 Duel Decks: Mirrodin Pure vs. New Phyrexia release.

Card type: Creature — Elemental, color identity black, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {3}{B} (4 converted). Keyword abilities: Fear.

Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #11,532 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Pete Venters. Rarix catalogs 943 other cards credited to this artist.