Coral Eel
Ninth Edition S3 • common
- Set
- Ninth Edition
- Collector number
- S3
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Una Fricker
- Market price
- $0.16
What it does
Some fishers like to eat eels, and some eels like to eat fishers.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Coral Eel was originally printed in the Ninth Edition core set of Magic: The Gathering, released in 2005. As a core set card, it was designed to serve as a staple of the blue color identity, providing a simple, functional creature for players learning the game or participating in draft environments. Its presence in the set reflects the design philosophy of the era, which favored straightforward card mechanics to maintain accessibility for new players while balancing the color wheel.
The card features illustration by Doug Chaffee, who rendered the creature with a focus on classic aquatic fantasy aesthetics. The design captures the essence of the card's low-cost, creature-based utility within the game's evolving mechanics. Upon its release, it was received as a standard common-rarity creature, valued more for its role in limited play formats and its contribution to the aquatic-themed creature type than for any significant competitive tournament impact.
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