Cockatrice
30th Anniversary Edition 482 • rare
- Set
- 30th Anniversary Edition
- Collector number
- 482
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana green mana green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Dan Frazier
What it does
Flying
Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked by a non-Wall creature, destroy that creature at end of combat.
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
The Cockatrice card was originally released as part of the Alpha set in 1993, the inaugural printing of the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Created by Richard Garfield and published by Wizards of the Coast, the game emerged from a need for a portable hobby that could be played quickly between rounds of other tabletop games. The Cockatrice, designed as a creature with a distinct petrification ability, became a quintessential example of the game's early creature-based mechanics and fantasy aesthetic.
The 30th Anniversary Edition, released in 2022, serves as a commemorative product featuring a curated selection of cards from the game's history. These cards utilize a distinct retro frame design and are characterized by a gold-embossed back, distinguishing them from traditional tournament-legal game pieces. The reprint of the Cockatrice in this collection serves as a nod to the game's legacy, intentionally capturing the visual language of early nineties fantasy illustration as seen in the original card's debut.
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