Genesis
Modern Horizons 166 • rare
- Set
- Modern Horizons
- Collector number
- 166
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Alayna Danner
- Market price
- $0.50
What it does
At the beginning of your upkeep, if this creature is in your graveyard, you may pay 2 generic mana green mana. If you do, return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Not dryad, centaur, or avatar but life itself.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Genesis was originally introduced in the Judgment expansion of Magic: The Gathering in 2002, designed to provide a repeatable graveyard recursion engine that rewarded players for filling their own discard piles. This reprint, featuring new artwork by Alayna Danner, was released in the Modern Horizons set in 2019. Modern Horizons was a unique, direct-to-Modern product designed by Wizards of the Coast to introduce cards into the Modern format without them passing through a standard expansion set, allowing for high-power cards and reprints with new artistic interpretations.
Alayna Danner’s contribution to the card features a lush, ethereal aesthetic that aligns with her signature illustrative style, which frequently focuses on natural landscapes and mythical themes. Her depiction of the Genesis creature emphasizes its elemental, life-giving nature, moving away from the more traditional, monstrous interpretations found in earlier printings. The card was well-received by the player base for both its visual appeal and its utility, as its ability to return creature cards to one's hand remains a staple of graveyard-centric strategies.
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