Earth Elemental
30th Anniversary Edition 438 • uncommon
- Set
- 30th Anniversary Edition
- Collector number
- 438
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana red mana red mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Dan Frazier
- Market price
- $7.20
What it does
Earth Elementals have the eternal strength of stone and the endurance of mountains. Primordially connected to the land they inhabit, they take a long-term view of things, scorning the impetuous haste of short-lived mortal creatures.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Earth Elemental, originally debuting in the Alpha set of Magic: The Gathering in 1993, represents the foundational design philosophy of the game's earliest years. This specific iteration hails from the 30th Anniversary Edition, a commemorative set released in 2022 to celebrate three decades of the trading card game. While the set is not tournament legal, it serves as a nostalgic tribute to the game's origins, featuring the classic card frame and the iconic, brooding artwork by Richard Thomas that defined the creature's aesthetic for a generation of players.
The design of the Earth Elemental was meant to embody the raw, immovable power of the color green within the game's color pie. Richard Thomas, one of the original artists contracted by Wizards of the Coast, utilized a minimalist and evocative style that leaned into the high-fantasy tropes of the early 1990s. The 30th Anniversary version preserves this legacy, utilizing the original art and layout to offer collectors a high-quality reproduction that honors the historical significance of the card's place in tabletop gaming history.
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