Heartwood Dryad
Tempest 231 • common
- Set
- Tempest
- Collector number
- 231
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Rebecca Guay
- Market price
- $0.14
What it does
This creature can block creatures with shadow as though it had shadow.
To snare what lies between worlds takes the patient reach of trees.
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
Heartwood Dryad was released in 1997 as part of the Tempest expansion for Magic: The Gathering. Tempest was a landmark set in the game's history, designed by Mike Elliott and his team, and it is widely remembered for introducing the 'buyback' mechanic and a darker, more narrative-driven aesthetic that focused on the conflict between the Weatherlight crew and the villainous Volrath.
The card features artwork by Una Fricker, who contributed several pieces to the set. Her illustration captures the ephemeral, nature-bound essence of the dryad within the context of the lush, yet dangerous, forests of the Rath plane. As a common-rarity creature card, it was designed primarily for limited play environments, serving as a functional piece of green creature-based utility that grounded the set's broader elemental themes.
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