Centaur Archer
Ice Age 282 • uncommon
- Set
- Ice Age
- Collector number
- 282
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana red mana green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green · Red
- Artist
- Melissa A. Benson
- Market price
- $0.15
What it does
tap: This creature deals 1 damage to target creature with flying.
"Centaurs will kill our Aesthir if they can; they've always been enemies. Destroy the horse-people on sight."— Arna Kennerüd, Skyknight
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
The Centaur Archer was released in 1995 as part of the Ice Age expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. This set was notable for being the first major expansion to be sold as a standalone, non-limited base set, allowing players to draft and play without needing the core Alpha or Beta sets. Thematically, the set focused on a post-apocalyptic, frozen world, moving away from the high-fantasy tropes of previous releases into a grimmer, survivalist aesthetic.
The card was illustrated by Quinton Hoover, a prominent artist whose work defined much of the early visual identity of the game. Hoover utilized his signature style to depict the centaur as a functional, grounded character within the harsh landscape of the setting. While the Centaur Archer is considered a modest card in terms of competitive utility, it remains a beloved piece for collectors of 1990s card art, representing the era's transition toward more cohesive world-building within the game's expanding lore.
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