Elvish Lyrist
Urza's Saga 248 • common
- Set
- Urza's Saga
- Collector number
- 248
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Rebecca Guay
- Market price
- $0.33
What it does
green mana, tap, Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target enchantment.
Bring the spear of ancient briar; Bring the torch to light the pyre. Bring the one who trod our ground; Bring the spade to dig his mound.
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 Elvish Lyrist was released in 1998 as part of the Urza's Saga expansion for Magic: The Gathering. As the first set in the Urza block, it followed a period of massive growth for the game, aiming to explore the deep lore surrounding the artificer Urza. The set is remembered for its powerful mechanics, many of which had to be addressed with errata or bans, marking a significant era in the game's competitive history.
The card features artwork by the illustrator Daren Bader, whose work during the late 1990s helped define the aesthetic identity of the game. Bader focused on a classical fantasy sensibility, depicting the lyrist as a tranquil elf figure, which contrasted with the high-fantasy industrial themes present elsewhere in the Urza's Saga set. While not a centerpiece card for competitive play, it remains a recognized example of the set's common-rarity art style and the thematic focus on elf tribal mechanics of that period.
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