Homarid
Fallen Empires 19c • common
- Set
- Fallen Empires
- Collector number
- 19c
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Mark Tedin
- Market price
- $0.16
What it does
This creature enters with a tide counter on it.
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a tide counter on this creature.
As long as there is exactly one tide counter on this creature, it gets -1/-1.
As long as there are exactly three tide counters on this creature, it gets +1/+1.
Whenever there are four or more tide counters on this creature, remove all tide counters from it.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Homarid card was introduced in the 1994 Magic: The Gathering expansion set, Fallen Empires. This set explored the decline of the underwater Sarpadian civilizations and was designed to introduce thematic tribal mechanics and a darker, more modular narrative focus to the game. It emerged during a period of rapid expansion for the card game, aiming to provide players with deep, flavorful lore centered on the ecological and political collapse of a fantasy world.
The artwork for the card, illustrated by Brian Snoddy, captures the distinctive, grotesque aesthetic that defined much of the Fallen Empires visual identity. Snoddy’s work on the Homarid focused on the creature’s crustacean-like, evolutionary cycle, reflecting the card's unique mechanic where it gains and loses counters over time. While the set received mixed reviews upon release due to its power level compared to earlier sets, the Homarid remains a recognized piece of 1990s card game history for its evocative design and contribution to the game’s early world-building.
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