Glacial Wall
Ice Age 71 • uncommon
- Set
- Ice Age
- Collector number
- 71
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Dameon Willich
- Market price
- $0.35
What it does
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
"We are farther west than any could have imagined possible, but I still wish to press on. Unfortunately, huge walls of ice block further travel. We can't believe they are natural."— Disa the Restless, journal entry
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
Glacial Wall was released in 1995 as part of the Ice Age expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed by Wizards of the Coast, this set introduced a thematic focus on arctic environments and survival, departing from the high-fantasy tropes of previous releases to explore a world trapped in a perpetual winter. The card was designed to function as a defensive utility piece, utilizing the game's wall mechanics to stall aggressive opponents in a format that emphasized slower, resource-intensive gameplay.
The card features artwork by illustrator Jesper Myhrvold, who captured the stoic, frozen aesthetic of the set through a bleak and desolate visual style. As a common card in the Ice Age set, it was widely circulated during the mid-nineties and served as a standard example of the period's card design, which prioritized strategic interaction and board presence over the power-level spikes seen in later eras of the game. It remains a recognizable artifact for collectors of early-run Magic sets.
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