{"product_id":"ebony-charm-oils-1996","title":"Ebony Charm (Original Art)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA\u003c\/em\u003elso used as for the \u003cem\u003eMirage\u003c\/em\u003e box cover art, \u003cem\u003eEbony Charm\u003c\/em\u003e is a one-mana black instant from \u003cem\u003eMirage\u003c\/em\u003e (1996). The \u003cem\u003eCharm\u003c\/em\u003e cycle from \u003cem\u003eMirage\u003c\/em\u003e (including \u003cem\u003eEbony Charm\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIvory Charm\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSapphire Charm\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eChaos Charm\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eSeedling Charm\u003c\/em\u003e) was an early experiment in modal instants – flexible one-mana spells that offered three small but situationally useful effects. \u003cem\u003eEbony Charm\u003c\/em\u003e embodies black’s flavor perfectly – draining life (target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life), manipulating the graveyard (exile up to three target cards from a single graveyard), and granting evasion through fear (target creature gains fear until end of turn). While its effects are minor, the card was an early example of versatility over raw power, giving players meaningful decisions for a very low cost. It’s legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander (EDH) and Premodern. In early Legacy and Vintage, before cards like \u003cem\u003eTormod’s Crypt \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eNihil Spellbomb\u003c\/em\u003e became ubiquitous, \u003cem\u003eEbony Charm\u003c\/em\u003e was sometimes used as a sideboard card to exile three cards from a graveyard at instant speed. This made it a surprise answer to e.g. \u003cem\u003eReanimate\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDance of the Dead\u003c\/em\u003e, or \u003cem\u003eOath of Druids\u003c\/em\u003e triggers. In Premodern Magic, \u003cem\u003eEbony Charm\u003c\/em\u003e occasionally sees play as a meta-dependent sideboard card against \u003cem\u003eReanimator\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSurvival of the Fittest\u003c\/em\u003e decks. The “target creature gains fear” mode sometimes enabled lethal damage in mono-black aggro decks in early Type 2 (Standard) play in the late 1990’s. It could make a \u003cem\u003eHypnotic Specter\u003c\/em\u003e or \u003cem\u003eBlack Knight\u003c\/em\u003e unblockable to finish off an opponent. \u003cem\u003eEbony Charm\u003c\/em\u003e is not on the Reserved List.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"artwhirled","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44762017464365,"sku":null,"price":0.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/8000\/6957\/files\/Ebony_Charm_Original_Art_front_a_white.jpg?v=1775126769","url":"https:\/\/artwhirled.com\/products\/ebony-charm-oils-1996","provider":"Art Whirled","version":"1.0","type":"link"}