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Cosmic Horror

Magic: The GatheringLegends#92

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LegendsLEG · #92

Card type: Creature — Horror
Rarity: Rare
Indicative price: 12.29 € · 14.18 $
Mana value: 6
Power: 7
Toughness: 7
Colour: Black

Card text

First strike At the beginning of your upkeep, destroy this creature unless you pay . If this creature is destroyed this way, it deals 7 damage to you.

Format legality

CommanderLegal
DuelLegal
LegacyLegal
OathbreakerLegal
OldschoolLegal
PennyLegal
PredhLegal
PremodernLegal
VintageLegal

Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).

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Printing information

Illustrator: Jesper Myrfors
Card language: English
Release date: 1994-06-01

Flavour text

"Then flashed the living lightning from her eyes,/ And screams of horror rend th' affrighted skies." —Alexander Pope, *The Rape of the Lock*

Rulings

2013-07-01

If you choose not to pay Cosmic Horror’s upkeep cost, it deals 7 damage to you only if it’s actually destroyed. If it regenerates or an effect has given it indestructible, it deals no damage.