Crystalline Entity
Star Trek 261 • mythic
- Set
- Star Trek
- Collector number
- 261
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Mana cost
- 8 generic mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- David Álvarez
- Market price
- $99.95
What it does
Flying
When this creature enters, if you cast it, destroy all nonartifact creatures.
"Ironic, isn't it? That something so unique could care so little for the diversity of life."— Captain Jean-Luc Picard
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyNot legal
- VintageNot legal
- CommanderNot legal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerNot legal
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Where it came from
The Crystalline Entity card is a feature of the Star Trek Customizable Card Game, originally published by Decipher in the mid-1990s. The entity itself is based on the organism of the same name from the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode 'Datalore,' representing a silicon-based life form capable of harvesting energy from planetary surfaces. The card was designed to function as a powerful, non-aligned hazard that could interfere with the delicate balance of players' efforts during gameplay.
The imagery on the card captures the iconic geometric, snowflake-like structure of the Entity as it appeared on television. Illustrating the card required translating the complex, shimmering visual effects of the show into a static frame that maintained its imposing, otherworldly nature. It became a recognized piece of 1990s collectible gaming history, representing the deep-cut lore that Decipher frequently tapped into to appeal to dedicated fans of the franchise.
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