Crenellated Wall
Mercadian Masques 290 • uncommon
- Set
- Mercadian Masques
- Collector number
- 290
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Arnie Swekel
- Market price
- $0.41
What it does
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
tap: Target creature gets +0/+4 until end of turn.
Mercadian soldiers excel at finding things to stand behind.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Crenellated Wall was released in 1999 as part of the Mercadian Masques expansion for Magic: The Gathering. The set is themed around the trade-focused plane of Mercadia, a world heavily influenced by merchant culture and the aesthetics of a sprawling, vertical marketplace. As an uncommon creature card, it was designed to function as a defensive barrier, reflecting the fortifications of the city walls found within the game's lore.
The card’s illustration was created by Arnie Swekel, a prolific artist who contributed significantly to the visual identity of Magic during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Swekel’s design emphasizes the rugged, industrial architecture of the Mercadian plane, utilizing a stark, utilitarian style to convey the card's function as a defensive obstacle. Upon release, the card was received as a standard defensive utility piece, typical of the set's broader focus on defensive strategies and commerce-driven gameplay mechanics.
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