Hua Tuo, Honored Physician
Portal Three Kingdoms 137 • rare
- Set
- Portal Three Kingdoms
- Collector number
- 137
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana green mana green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Gao Jianzhang
- Market price
- $121.40
What it does
tap: Put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library. Activate only during your turn, before attackers are declared.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Hua Tuo, Honored Physician was released in 1999 as part of the Portal Three Kingdoms set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. The set was designed to introduce the game to new players through simplified mechanics and was themed entirely around the 14th-century Chinese historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. This particular card depicts the legendary physician Hua Tuo, known in folklore for his surgical prowess and early use of anesthesia.
The card illustration was created by artist Qi Baoshan, who contributed several pieces to the set. The design aesthetic sought to balance the traditional fantasy tropes of the Magic game with a distinct, classical Chinese artistic style. While the Portal sets were initially met with mixed reviews due to their limited compatibility with standard formats at the time, this card eventually became highly sought after by players and collectors for its unique ability to recur creatures from the graveyard to the hand, a utility that remains powerful in various competitive formats today.
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