Forest Bear
Portal Three Kingdoms 135 • common
- Set
- Portal Three Kingdoms
- Collector number
- 135
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Wang Yuqun
- Market price
- $26.62
What it does
Fish and bear paws—one can't have both.— Chinese idiom meaning "you can't have it both ways"
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Forest Bear was released in 1999 as part of the Portal Three Kingdoms set, an expansion for the Magic: The Gathering card game. This set was uniquely designed to introduce players to the game through the lens of the 14th-century Chinese historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Unlike standard expansions, Portal Three Kingdoms was initially intended to be released only in the Asia-Pacific region, making cards like this one notably distinct within the global trading card community.
The card features an illustration by artist Quinton Hoover, known for his lyrical and expressive style that defined much of Magic's early aesthetic. The design reflects the set's simplified mechanics, which were crafted to make the game more accessible to newcomers while maintaining the core fantasy gameplay loop. Forest Bear is a classic creature card that, while mechanically straightforward, serves as a quintessential example of the set's attempt to bridge Western game design with Eastern historical folklore.
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