Horseshoe Crab
The List A25-61 • common
- Set
- The List
- Collector number
- A25-61
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Scott Kirschner
- Market price
- $0.26
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
The Horseshoe Crab card was featured in The List, a curated selection of reprints included in Magic: The Gathering booster packs starting with the Zendikar Rising expansion. This specific inclusion serves as a bridge between the game's deep history and modern play, highlighting older cards that might otherwise be unavailable to newer players. The original card appeared in the Urza's Saga set, released in 1998, a period characterized by intricate mechanical depth and a shift toward more complex, synergy-driven card design.
The illustration for the Horseshoe Crab was provided by artist Christopher Rush, a foundational figure in the aesthetic development of Magic: The Gathering. Rush aimed to depict the creature with a sense of prehistoric gravity, utilizing his signature style to convey the organism's unique biological structure. While the card is often utilized in casual formats for its potential to generate infinite untap loops, its design remains a testament to the game's early efforts to integrate real-world natural history into its fantasy framework.
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