Calciderm
Planar Chaos 23 • uncommon
- Set
- Planar Chaos
- Collector number
- 23
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana white mana white mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Dave Kendall
- Market price
- $0.15
What it does
Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Vanishing 4 (This creature enters with four time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter from it. When the last is removed, sacrifice it.)
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Calciderm was released in February 2007 as part of the Planar Chaos set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. The set was designed around the concept of an alternate reality where the color pie—the fundamental philosophy governing the game's mechanics—was shifted, allowing colors to perform effects typically outside their traditional purview. As a white creature with shroud, Calciderm represented a mechanical color-shift that drew inspiration from the powerful green creature Blastoderm, adapting its aggressive stats and protective abilities into a white-aligned context.
The card’s artwork was illustrated by Dave Kendall, a longtime contributor to the game who is known for his dark, textured, and atmospheric style. Kendall’s design for Calciderm emphasizes the creature's formidable, plated nature, leaning into the 'calci-' prefix to evoke the image of a heavily armored, calcified beast. Upon its release, the card was well-regarded by players for its efficiency and its role as a resilient, self-contained threat in Limited formats, serving as a standout example of the set’s ambitious, experimental approach to card design.
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