Defiant Vanguard
Time Spiral Timeshifted 5
- Set
- Time Spiral Timeshifted
- Collector number
- 5
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana white mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Pete Venters
- Market price
- $0.28
What it does
When this creature blocks, at end of combat, destroy it and all creatures it blocked this turn.
5 generic mana, tap: Search your library for a Rebel permanent card with mana value 4 or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
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
Defiant Vanguard was released as part of the Timeshifted subset within the 2006 Magic: The Gathering expansion, Time Spiral. This set was designed as a love letter to the game's history, featuring 121 iconic cards from previous sets reprinted with their original artwork and a unique, modernized card frame. The inclusion of this card aimed to evoke nostalgia by reintroducing mechanics and aesthetics from the early years of the game to a contemporary player base.
The original art for Defiant Vanguard was illustrated by Donato Giancola, a highly regarded fantasy artist known for his technical precision and evocative character portraits. The card features the distinct purple-tinted expansion symbol and the classic 'pre-Modern' frame design, which was a hallmark of the game's aesthetic during the late 1990s. Upon release, the Timeshifted cards were widely praised by long-term fans for successfully bridging the gap between Magic's experimental origins and its modern, refined design language.
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