Tortured Existence
Tortured Existence: Enchantment, Stronghold. B, Discard a creature card: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {B}
- Mana value
- 1
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- Stronghold (STH)
- Released
- 1998-03-02
- Collector number
- 74
- Artist
- Keith Parkinson
- Commander rank
- 1,546 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Tortured Existence
Tortured Existence is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common black enchantment from Stronghold (STH), an expansion set released in March 1998. It is collector number 74 in that set, with art by Keith Parkinson. It costs {B} (one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander and PreDH. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Stronghold (1998) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $3.84 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
{B}, Discard a creature card: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
"There are terrors lurking in the unseen corners of us all." -Crovax
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $3.84 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Tortured Existence by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
Other printings of Tortured Existence
Tortured Existence has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2507 | Rare | 2026 |
| The List (PLST) #STH-74 | Common | 2020 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Tortured Existence.
- You can’t return the same card you are discarding. This is because you pick the target before paying the costs.
Similar cards
Other enchantment cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.