Aboroth
Weatherlight 117 • rare
- Set
- Weatherlight
- Collector number
- 117
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana green mana green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Brom
- Market price
- $1.07
What it does
Cumulative upkeep—Put a -1/-1 counter on this creature. (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
The Weatherlight banked sharply as the colossal beast rose up to crush the lone rider. "My bet's on the dirt," Gerrard said flatly.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Aboroth was released in 1997 as part of the Weatherlight expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed by Wizards of the Coast, this set served as a pivotal chapter in the game's long-running Weatherlight Saga, introducing cards that emphasized cumulative upkeep costs—a mechanic designed to represent the growing toll of maintaining powerful, volatile magical entities over time.
The card features artwork by artist Donato Giancola, who was commissioned to illustrate the creature as a towering, primordial force of nature. Giancola utilized his signature painterly style to convey the organism's massive, lumbering presence, effectively capturing the biological themes inherent to the green mana color identity of the time. Upon its release, the card was received as a niche utility piece for casual play, valued by collectors for its imposing aesthetic contribution to the expansion's lore-heavy narrative.
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