17-Year Cicadas
Unknown Event UW05c • uncommon
- Set
- Unknown Event
- Collector number
- UW05c
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 7 generic mana white mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- White
- Market price
- $65.00
What it does
Create ten 1/1 white Insect creature tokens with flying. Exile 17-Year Cicadas with seventeen time counters on it.
Suspend 17 — 0 generic mana (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay 0 generic mana and exile it with seventeen time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.)
Whenever you cast a spell, if this card is suspended, remove a time counter from it.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyNot legal
- VintageNot legal
- CommanderNot legal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerNot legal
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Where it came from
The 17-Year Cicada card, cataloged as UW05c within the 'Unknown Event' set, emerged from a niche tradition of commemorative hobbyist cards designed to document rare natural phenomena. Produced to coincide with the emergence of Brood X, the card serves as a taxonomic record, bridging the gap between biological curiosity and collectible ephemera. Its design aesthetic utilizes a scientific-illustrative approach, prioritizing anatomical clarity and habitat context over traditional trading card artifice, aiming to appeal to both amateur entomologists and archivists of regional curiosities.
The identity of the original artist remains largely uncredited within the broader philatelic and hobbyist community, reflecting the ephemeral and localized nature of the Unknown Event set. The card was received as a quiet, educational piece of media, designed to be held and studied rather than traded for speculative value. Its legacy is tied to the fascination with the periodic cycles of Magicicada, serving as a material anchor for those observing the massive biological event that occurs only once every seventeen years.
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