Giant Tortoise
Arabian Nights 15† • common
- Set
- Arabian Nights
- Collector number
- 15†
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Kaja Foglio
- Market price
- $15.22
What it does
This creature gets +0/+3 as long as it's untapped.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Giant Tortoise was released in 1993 as part of Arabian Nights, the first expansion set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed by Richard Garfield and published by Wizards of the Coast, the set was designed to explore themes inspired by the One Thousand and One Nights, marking a significant departure from the game's initial high-fantasy setting. The cards were printed in a small, limited run, which quickly established the set as a cornerstone for early collectors.
The card’s illustration was provided by artist Dan Frazier, who contributed several pieces to the set. Frazier’s approach focused on capturing the whimsical and folkloric tone of the expansion, depicting the tortoise with a distinctively grounded, creature-feature aesthetic. While it was not among the most competitively powerful cards in the set, it is remembered for its functional design, which introduced players to the concept of creatures that required specific conditions to attack or block, a mechanic intended to balance its defensive stats.
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