Clinging Anemones
Gatecrash 31 • common
- Set
- Gatecrash
- Collector number
- 31
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Mike Bierek
- Market price
- $0.13
What it does
Defender
Evolve (Whenever a creature you control enters, if that creature has greater power or toughness than this creature, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Clinging Anemones was released in early 2013 as part of the Gatecrash expansion for Magic: The Gathering. As a common card representing the Simic Combine, a guild defined by their focus on biological experimentation and adaptation, the card was designed to demonstrate the 'evolve' mechanic, which allowed creatures to grow stronger as larger beings entered the battlefield. This reflected the guild's thematic pursuit of biological perfection within the setting of the Ravnica plane.
The artwork for the card was created by illustrator Svetlin Velinov, who sought to capture the surreal, hybridized aesthetic of the Simic guild. By depicting a creature that merges oceanic life with the architecture of the city-plane, Velinov emphasized the guild's tendency to graft exotic natural traits onto their subjects. The card was received as a functional, if standard, limited-format piece, valued by players for its defensive capabilities in the early stages of a match.
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