Elves of Deep Shadow
Secret Lair Drop 1710 • rare
- Set
- Secret Lair Drop
- Collector number
- 1710
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Julie Bell
- Market price
- $16.91
What it does
tap: Add black mana. This creature deals 1 damage to you.
"We always strive to maintain our decomposure."
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Elves of Deep Shadow card was released as part of the Secret Lair 'Artist Series: Johannes Voss' drop in 2021. This series was designed to showcase the unique illustrative style of Johannes Voss, an artist noted for his ethereal, high-fantasy aesthetic that frequently blends traditional painterly techniques with digital polish. The card is a reprint of the classic Magic: The Gathering mana dork, originally printed in the early 1990s, updated here with new art to fit the thematic cohesion of the artist-focused collection.
The design of this specific card emphasizes the darker, more mysterious side of the creature type. Voss chose to move away from the traditional sylvan, light-focused portrayal of elves, opting instead for a shadow-drenched, melancholic composition that reflects the card's mechanical ability to produce black mana at the cost of life. The reception among the player base was largely positive, as many collectors valued the stylistic departure from the standardized visual language typical of the game's core sets.
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