Child of Alara
From the Vault: Annihilation 4 • mythic
- Set
- From the Vault: Annihilation
- Collector number
- 4
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Mana cost
- white mana blue mana black mana red mana green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black · Green · Red · Blue
- Artist
- Steve Argyle
- Finish
- Foil
What it does
Trample
When Child of Alara dies, destroy all nonland permanents. They can't be regenerated.
The progeny of the Maelstrom shows no allegiance—and no mercy—to any of the five shards.
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
Child of Alara was originally released in the Conflux set in 2009 as a rare creature card representing a powerful avatar within the Magic: The Gathering multiverse. It was designed as a board-clearing engine, reflecting the cataclysmic nature of the Alara block storyline, where five distinct worlds collided into one. The card's ability to destroy all non-land permanents upon its death made it a staple in Commander formats, where its graveyard-centric utility offered players a strategic deterrent against opponents.
The version from From the Vault: Annihilation, released in 2014, features unique alternate art by Todd Lockwood. This reprint was part of a premium collector's set themed around cards that destroy the battlefield or provide explosive, game-ending effects. Lockwood’s illustration emphasizes the creature's mythic, otherworldly scale, shifting away from the original card's aesthetic to align with the dramatic, high-stakes theme of the compilation box set.
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