Giant Cockroach
Seventh Edition 138★ • common
- Set
- Seventh Edition
- Collector number
- 138★
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- John Matson
- Finish
- Foil
What it does
Toren had stepped on a lot of bugs during his life, so he couldn't help feeling embarrassed when a bug stepped on him.
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 Cockroach card was originally printed for the Seventh Edition of Magic: The Gathering, released in 2001 as the first core set of the modern card frame era. As a common creature card, it was designed to function as a straightforward, low-complexity inclusion for players learning the game, embodying the fundamental mechanics of green-aligned creature progression in the early 2000s.
The illustration for this specific printing was created by artist Christopher Rush, a foundational figure in Magic's aesthetic history known for iconic cards like Black Lotus. Rush’s design for the Giant Cockroach emphasizes a gritty, naturalistic horror aesthetic common to the set's creature designs, aiming to evoke a sense of visceral discomfort consistent with the card's theme within the game's broader fantasy bestiary.
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