Giant Badger
Eighth Edition 253 • common
- Set
- Eighth Edition
- Collector number
- 253
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana green mana green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Lars Grant-West
- Market price
- $0.12
What it does
Whenever this creature blocks, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
Disturb a sleeping badger and the snapping of your bones will awaken the countryside.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Giant Badger card was featured in the Eighth Edition of Magic: The Gathering, released in July 2003. This set was a landmark release for Wizards of the Coast, serving as the first core set to feature the new modern card frame design, which replaced the classic layout that had been in use since the game's inception in 1993. The transition to this cleaner, more standardized aesthetic was intended to improve legibility and provide a unified look for the growing card game.
The illustration for Giant Badger was created by artist Heather Hudson, a prolific contributor to the game during this era. Hudson’s design captures the creature’s fierce, defensive nature, a characteristic mirrored in its game mechanics, which grant the badger a power boost when it blocks. As a common card within the expansion, it was designed primarily to bolster the green color's defensive options in Limited formats, providing players with a reliable, thematic creature that fit the forest-dwelling motifs established in early Magic lore.
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