How MTG Duskmourn captures the '80s horror vibe

Tabletop GamingMagic: The GatheringHow MTG Duskmourn captures the ’80s horror vibeWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.

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A malevolent smiling figure with an exposed brain and a skull with teeth leers

The folks over at Wizards of The Coast have left the comfort found in the lands of woodland critters and ventured into a world of creepy clowns, UFOs, horrors made of teeth, and moths with their upcomingMTG Duskmournset. Recently, I had the chance to sit down and hear from the team behind the horrors of this upcoming release, and one thing quickly became clear to me - a lot of care has been taken to capture the spirit of ’80s horror that the set’s aesthetic is based around.

Worldwide terror

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The ‘Jolly Balloon Man’ blows up severed heads with a smile on his face

First, the mirror monster cards, which there will unfortunately only be seven of in the set, turn the camera around on the survivors. Captured in a reflection, such as in someone’s glasses or the blade of a knife, these cards art show off the moment just before the monster in question attacks and the terror in the victim’s face, recreating a classic visual trope of the horror genre.

Mirror, mirror(Image credit: Wizards of the Coast)A great example of the mirror monster cards would be this artwork for Razorkin Needlehead; the creature is seen reflected in a victim’s glasses and their own claws as they lunge forward.

Mirror, mirror

(Image credit: Wizards of the Coast)A great example of the mirror monster cards would be this artwork for Razorkin Needlehead; the creature is seen reflected in a victim’s glasses and their own claws as they lunge forward.

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Card artwork depicting a monster with grasping claws, seen reflected in someone’s eye

A great example of the mirror monster cards would be this artwork for Razorkin Needlehead; the creature is seen reflected in a victim’s glasses and their own claws as they lunge forward.

The Lurking Evil style is far more subtle. The aim of these cards was to try and recreate that feeling moviegoers have when they know something the characters on the screen don’t - specifically when something is behind them. Seeing as cards are a still medium, Wizards went a unique route of some cards having a nearly identical version of themselves only with one important (and usually hidden) detail - a monster somewhere in the art. Some of these monsters are disguised well enough, such as a dark black monster just at the top of the art’s frame border, that it can make them an MTG version of “Where’s Waldo”.

Safety in scares

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A humanoid rat points a torch toward clutching hands in the foreground, while a woman with horns yells from behind

There are some lines that, even from the start, Wizards agreed they wouldn’t cross and wanted to make sure they got right, forming a panel of horror experts and specialists to help with that task. The first was that no children would be shown to be in explicit or implied danger. Next, Wizards brought in disability consultants to make sure that the art team wasn’t incorporating any specific aspect of humanity or a disability as the “horror aspect,” and instead keeping them focused on making sure the horror came from distorting a creature instead. I applaud Wizards for taking extra steps like these to avoid, as much as possible,  evoking real-life trauma.

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The new mechanics of this set also lean heavily into the realms of various tropes of horror with the likes of “Eerie,” “Impending,” “Survival,” “Manifest Dread,” and “Delirium.” Enchantments also get a brand new subtype with “Rooms.” These special cards, displaying things such as rotting dolls and such, are played sideways and have two different options on them that can be played. When one is played the other is considered “Locked” and on the battlefield. During your turn, you can pay to unlock the other side and gain the listed benefit, triggering something like “Eerie,” which has a “When an enchantment enters the battlefield” effect.

Pick your poison(Image credit: Wizards of the Coast)As a main set, Duskmourn will feature the usual Play and Collector boosters alongside four Commander decks and bundles.

Pick your poison

(Image credit: Wizards of the Coast)As a main set, Duskmourn will feature the usual Play and Collector boosters alongside four Commander decks and bundles.

(Image credit: Wizards of the Coast)

A giant moth looms over an eerie red doorway

As a main set, Duskmourn will feature the usual Play and Collector boosters alongside four Commander decks and bundles.

From the very first pack you crack, Duskmourn treats you to jocks with spiked bats, chainsaws, creepy clowns, rooms with dolls, and more that feel as though they were pulled straight from a VHS tape. While we may know that following Duskmourn, Wizards' swinging pendulum will sway towards the beginner-friendly Foundations release, hopefully this won’t mark the last time that we have to stumble our way through the haunted house-like maze of Duskmourn.

Duskmourn: House of Horror releases on September 27, with pre-release events taking place the week leading up to it. If you’re hoping to learnhow to play Magic: The Gatheringbefore then, don’t miss our guide on the subject - it should help you get set up in no time.

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