Alabaster Leech
Invasion 1 • rare
- Set
- Invasion
- Collector number
- 1
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- white mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Edward P. Beard, Jr.
- Market price
- $0.39
What it does
White spells you cast cost white mana more to cast.
"Its stones seem to serve a healing function, but removing them intact is an exhausting process."— Tolarian research notes
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
Alabaster Leech was released in the Invasion expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game in October 2000. The set was designed to explore the concept of a multi-colored mechanical environment, focusing on themes of unity and the conflict against the invading Phyrexian forces. As a white-aligned creature, the Leech serves as a representative of the set's cycle of creatures that possess powerful defensive or disruptive abilities at the cost of increased mana requirements for opposing spells.
The card was illustrated by the artist Darrell Riche, who contributed a significant body of work to the game during the late 1990s and early 2000s. His depiction of the creature draws upon the aesthetic of the Invasion block, emphasizing a grotesque, parasitic organism that aligns with the set's recurring motifs of biological horror. While it was not a centerpiece of tournament play, the card is frequently cited by collectors for its specific mechanical niche and as a distinct example of Riche's style during this era of Magic illustration.
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