Hornet Cobra
Legends 190 • common
- Set
- Legends
- Collector number
- 190
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana green mana green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Sandra Everingham
- Market price
- $0.38
What it does
First strike
"Then inch by inch out of the grass rose up the head and spread hood of Nag, the big black cobra, and he was five feet long from tongue to tail."— Rudyard Kipling, *The Jungle Books*
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
Hornet Cobra was released as part of the Legends expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Launched in 1994, Legends was the fourth set in the game's history and remains significant for introducing multi-colored cards and the concept of 'Legendary' creatures to the ecosystem, which expanded the strategic depth of the hobby during its formative years.
The card features artwork by Susan Van Camp, whose illustrative style was a staple of early Magic expansions. Like many cards from this era, Hornet Cobra was designed as a functional piece to populate the game's limited card pool, emphasizing the insect-themed creature types common in the early sets. While not a centerpiece of competitive play, it remains a nostalgic artifact representing the experimental design philosophy of the mid-90s.
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