Giant Space Amoeba
Star Trek Commander 257 • rare
- Set
- Star Trek Commander
- Collector number
- 257
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Arthur Haas
What it does
Flying
Whenever this creature attacks, target creature defending player controls gets -3/-0 until end of turn, then create a token that's a copy of this creature.
"It is logical to assume that something within this zone absorbs all forms of energy."— Mr. Spock
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyNot legal
- VintageNot legal
- CommanderNot legal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerNot legal
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Where it came from
The Giant Space Amoeba card appears as part of the Star Trek Customizable Card Game, produced by Decipher, Inc. in the late 1990s. This item emerged during the era of 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' and original series expansions, designed to replicate the immense scale and threat of cosmic anomalies featured in the television franchise. It was intended to function as a formidable hazard card, requiring players to manage their ship's resources when encountering such massive extraterrestrial life forms.
The artwork reflects the classic aesthetic of the series, drawing inspiration from the episode 'The Immunity Syndrome.' The design team focused on translating the entity's gelatinous, bio-luminescent appearance into a card format that conveyed its status as a persistent environmental danger. Upon release, the card was received by the player community as a balanced tactical obstacle, noted for its thematic accuracy in representing the existential dread associated with deep-space phenomena.
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