Creeping Tar Pit
Doctor Who 486 • rare
- Set
- Doctor Who
- Collector number
- 486
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Land
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Nino Is
- Market price
- $0.41
What it does
This land enters tapped.
tap: Add blue mana or black mana.
1 generic mana blue mana black mana: Until end of turn, this land becomes a 3/2 blue and black Elemental creature. It's still a land. It can't be blocked this turn.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Creeping Tar Pit was released as part of the Magic: The Gathering 'Doctor Who' Commander set in 2023. As a Land card, it represents the iconic location of the Weeping Angels from the episode 'The Time of Angels' and 'Flesh and Stone.' The card utilizes the established 'man-land' mechanic, allowing the land to transform into a creature, which serves as a thematic nod to the deceptive, statuesque nature of the Weeping Angels that hide in plain sight until they strike.
The artwork for this card was illustrated by David Palumbo, who focused on capturing the unsettling, encroaching atmosphere of the tar pit. The design intent was to integrate the high-fantasy mechanics of the game with the distinct science-fiction aesthetic of the long-running television series. Upon its release, the card was received favorably by both Magic: The Gathering players and Doctor Who fans for its successful marriage of functional utility and narrative-driven thematic design.
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