Illusionary Presence
Ice Age 76 • rare
- Set
- Ice Age
- Collector number
- 76
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Kaja Foglio
- Market price
- $0.64
What it does
Cumulative upkeep blue mana (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, choose a land type. This creature gains landwalk of the chosen type until end of turn. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a land of that type.)
"We could feel the Shaman's power, as surely as we felt the storm."— Disa the Restless, journal entry
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
Illusionary Presence was released in 1995 as part of the Ice Age expansion for Magic: The Gathering. As the first major standalone expansion, Ice Age was designed to establish a colder, more desolate tone for the game compared to its predecessors. The set introduced a variety of creatures with specialized mechanics, aiming to expand the strategic depth of blue mana cards by focusing on thematic concepts of illusions and intangible forces.
The card's evocative imagery was created by Kaja Foglio, a notable illustrator during the game's formative years. Her contribution to the piece reflects the whimsical yet mysterious aesthetic that characterized early Magic art, focusing on the ethereal quality of the subject. While Illusionary Presence remains a niche card within the broader context of competitive play, it is recognized by collectors as a representative example of the distinct visual identity found in the mid-nineties expansion cycles.
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