Elvish Bard
Ninth Edition 236 • uncommon
- Set
- Ninth Edition
- Collector number
- 236
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana green mana green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Rob Alexander
- Market price
- $0.16
What it does
All creatures able to block this creature do so.
Helplessly drawn in, the bard's enemies quickly find there's more than song to be found.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Elvish Bard was originally printed in the Legends expansion in 1994, reflecting the set's high-fantasy, lore-heavy design approach of the mid-1990s. The card was reprinted in the Ninth Edition core set in 2005, a release intended to streamline the game's rules and provide a stable, evergreen card pool for players. This edition marked a shift toward standardized card frames and consistent visual presentation for Magic: The Gathering.
The Ninth Edition illustration was provided by Rob Alexander, a prolific artist known for his extensive work on the game's landscapes and thematic character portraits. Alexander employed his characteristic style to depict the Bard, emphasizing atmospheric lighting and naturalistic tones that were intended to ground the elven archetype within the established aesthetic of the game's world-building at the time.
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