Forgotten Ancient
Scourge 120 • rare
- Set
- Scourge
- Collector number
- 120
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Mark Tedin
- Market price
- $2.55
What it does
Whenever a player casts a spell, you may put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may move any number of +1/+1 counters from this creature onto other creatures.
Its blood is life. Its body is growth.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Forgotten Ancient was released in 2003 as part of the Scourge set, the final expansion of the Onslaught block for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. The set was designed to explore themes of high-cost creatures and mana ramping, serving as a conclusion to the storyline involving the Phage and Akroma conflict on the plane of Otaria. The card was conceptualized as a rare green creature capable of growing in power, reflecting the set's mechanical focus on counters and combat interaction.
The illustration for Forgotten Ancient was created by artist Greg Staples. Staples employed a textured, organic aesthetic to represent the creature's elemental and earthen nature, aligning with the visual identity of green-aligned cards in the early 2000s. Upon release, the card was well-received by players for its ability to scale in multiplayer formats, where its trigger ability frequently activates, cementing its status as a staple for green-based Commander decks in the years that followed.
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