Animal Magnetism
Onslaught 245 • rare
- Set
- Onslaught
- Collector number
- 245
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana green mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Ron Spears
- Market price
- $0.38
What it does
Reveal the top five cards of your library. An opponent chooses a creature card from among them. Put that card onto the battlefield and the rest into your graveyard.
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
Animal Magnetism was released in 2002 as part of the Onslaught expansion for Magic: The Gathering. The set focused heavily on the creature type theme, specifically introducing mechanics like morph and cycling while revisiting the importance of creature-based strategies in gameplay. As a rare sorcery, the card was designed to capitalize on this graveyard-centric environment, offering players a way to recur high-impact creatures and sustain their board presence during the intense combat phases that defined the block.
The artwork was provided by Ron Spears, a prolific fantasy illustrator known for his contributions to the game during the early 2000s. Spears opted for a dynamic composition that visualized the card's mechanical effect, depicting a shamanistic figure drawing essence from the landscape to summon life back from the earth. The design was received by the community as a flavorful, albeit high-mana, centerpiece for green-aligned decks that relied on attrition and board recovery.
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