Caustic Wasps
Mercadian Masques 234 • uncommon
- Set
- Mercadian Masques
- Collector number
- 234
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Glen Angus
- Market price
- $0.93
What it does
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may destroy target artifact that player controls.
Even the wasp knows how to pay the magistrate his due respect.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Caustic Wasps was released in 1999 as part of the Mercadian Masques expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. The set was inspired by the plane of Mercadia, a world depicted as a mercantile, trade-focused society governed by corporate-like structures. This card was designed as a green creature with a specific utility function intended to provide players with an answer to problematic artifacts, reflecting the set's broader mechanical focus on interaction with the game's artifact-heavy environment.
The card’s illustration was provided by artist Christopher Rush, a legendary figure in the early history of the game who was well-known for his contribution of the Black Lotus. In his work on Caustic Wasps, Rush leaned into the organic, aggressive aesthetic typical of green-aligned creatures of the era. Upon its release, the card was received as a solid, functional inclusion for green decks, recognized primarily for its efficiency in punishing opponents who relied heavily on artifacts for their engine.
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