Air Elemental
Magic 2010 42 • uncommon
- Set
- Magic 2010
- Collector number
- 42
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Kev Walker
- Market price
- $0.04
What it does
Flying
"The East Wind, an interloper in the dominions of Westerly Weather, is an impassive-faced tyrant with a sharp poniard held behind his back for a treacherous stab."— Joseph Conrad, *The Mirror of the Sea*
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Air Elemental has been a fixture of the Magic: The Gathering base set since the game’s debut in 1993, serving as a quintessential example of a 'blue' creature. Its inclusion in the 2010 Core Set, or M10, marked a significant design shift for the game, as Wizards of the Coast moved away from the numbered core sets of the past to introduce new cards and updated mechanics intended to make the core experience more dynamic for both new and veteran players.
The art for this specific printing, numbered 42 in the set, was illustrated by Kev Walker. Walker’s depiction of the elemental leans into a high-fantasy aesthetic, capturing the creature as a swirling, ethereal force of nature. By the time of the 2010 release, Air Elemental was widely recognized as a benchmark for creature power levels in limited environments, and this iteration was praised for how it fit into the simplified, cleaner design philosophy that defined the M10 refresh.
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