Horseshoe Crab
Dominaria Remastered 55 • common
- Set
- Dominaria Remastered
- Collector number
- 55
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Scott Kirschner
- Market price
- $0.23
What it does
blue mana: Untap this creature.
In the final days before the disaster, all the crabs on Tolaria migrated from inlets, streams, and ponds back to the sea. No one took note.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Horseshoe Crab first appeared in the Urza's Saga expansion in 1998, designed as a simple blue common creature intended to facilitate specific engine-based interactions. The card features a unique ability to untap itself for a mana cost, which historically made it a cornerstone for infinite mana loops when combined with cards that tap for multiple mana sources. Its design reflects the era's focus on creating versatile, low-rarity utility cards that could impact gameplay in unexpected ways.
The version from Dominaria Remastered, released in 2023, retains the original mechanical identity while updating the presentation for a curated set celebrating the history of the Magic: The Gathering plane of Dominaria. The art direction for this reprint maintains the creature's classic, slightly uncanny aesthetic, honoring the original concept by artist Thomas M. Baxa, who was known during the late 1990s for his evocative and often surreal creature illustrations.
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