Elder Deep-Fiend
Eldritch Moon 5 • rare
- Set
- Eldritch Moon
- Collector number
- 5
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 8 generic mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Jason Felix
- Market price
- $0.27
What it does
Flash
Emerge 5 generic mana blue mana blue mana (You may cast this spell by sacrificing a creature and paying the emerge cost reduced by that creature's mana value.)
When you cast this spell, tap up to four target permanents.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Elder Deep-Fiend was released in 2016 as part of the Eldritch Moon expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed as the concluding chapter of the Shadows over Innistrad block, the set leaned heavily into cosmic horror themes inspired by H.P. Lovecraft. The card represents one of the Eldrazi—an ancient, otherworldly entity—beginning to merge with the gothic landscape of the Innistrad plane, embodying the set's central tension between traditional horror tropes and eldritch corruption.
The artwork was commissioned from illustrator Jason Felix, who utilized a muted, ominous color palette to emphasize the creature's tentacled, shifting anatomy. Felix sought to capture the sense of scale and dread inherent to the Eldrazi lineage, focusing on the alien textures of the beast as it emerges from the water. Upon its release, the card became a staple in competitive formats due to its unique flash ability and its capacity to disrupt opponents by tapping their permanents, earning it a reputation as a potent tempo-based control tool.
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