Denizen of the Deep
Tenth Edition 80 • rare
- Set
- Tenth Edition
- Collector number
- 80
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 6 generic mana blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Jim Pavelec
- Market price
- $0.27
What it does
When this creature enters, return each other creature you control to its owner's hand.
According to merfolk legend, a denizen of the deep swallows the horizon at the end of each day, bringing on the cold blanket of night.
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
Denizen of the Deep first appeared in the Alpha set of Magic: The Gathering in 1993, representing the classic archetype of a massive, overwhelming sea creature. By the time it was reprinted in the Tenth Edition core set in 2007, the card was firmly established as a nostalgic staple. The Tenth Edition printing served to maintain the presence of iconic, high-mana-cost blue creatures within the standardized card pool available to players during that era.
The Tenth Edition artwork for this card was executed by Jim Pavelec, an artist known for his dark and visceral fantasy aesthetic. Pavelec was tasked with reinterpreting the creature's looming, oceanic threat for a modern frame, moving away from the more primitive illustrations of the early 1990s. The resulting image captures the creature's immense scale and aquatic isolation, fitting the card's mechanical design of forcing the player to return other creatures to their hand upon its arrival.
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