Giant Oyster
Time Spiral Timeshifted 22
- Set
- Time Spiral Timeshifted
- Collector number
- 22
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Nicola Leonard
- Market price
- $0.24
What it does
You may choose not to untap this creature during your untap step.
tap: For as long as this creature remains tapped, target tapped creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step, and at the beginning of each of your draw steps, put a -1/-1 counter on that creature. When this creature leaves the battlefield or becomes untapped, remove all -1/-1 counters from the creature.
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
The Giant Oyster was originally printed in the 1994 Homelands expansion, a set notable for its thematic focus on the plane of Ulgrotha and its distinctive, folkloric art direction. When Wizards of the Coast designed the Time Spiral set in 2006, they introduced the 'Timeshifted' subset to pay homage to the game's history. These cards featured the original art and frame styles of their initial releases, serving as a nostalgic bridge between early Magic: The Gathering mechanics and the modern era of the game.
Nicola Leonard provided the original illustration for the card, capturing the creature's menacing, seafaring nature through a gritty, traditional aesthetic typical of mid-90s trading card art. Within the context of Time Spiral, the card was reprinted not only for its utility but as a curatorial nod to the set's primary theme of temporal distortion. The reception among players was one of appreciation for the preservation of the classic purple-expansion-symbol aesthetic, which solidified the card's status as a staple for collectors of the Timeshifted series.
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