Land Leeches
The Dark 79 • common
- Set
- The Dark
- Collector number
- 79
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana green mana green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Quinton Hoover
- Market price
- $0.26
What it does
First strike
"The standard cure for leeches requires the application of burning embers. Alternative methods must be devised should an ember of sufficient size prove more harmful than the leech." —Vervamon the Elder
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
Land Leeches was released in 1994 as part of The Dark, the fourth expansion set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed by Wizards of the Coast, the set was designed to lean into gothic horror themes and darker, more aggressive mechanics, differentiating itself from the high-fantasy tone of earlier sets. The card depicts a swarm of parasitic creatures, reflecting the set's broader interest in unsettling biological and supernatural hazards.
The art for Land Leeches was provided by Ken Meyer Jr., an illustrator known for his contributions to the early years of the game. Meyer's style for this piece employs a stark, muted color palette and gritty line work to emphasize the repulsive nature of the creatures. While the card is generally considered a minor piece of the set's lore, it serves as a representative example of the mid-1990s artistic transition in the game, where illustrators were encouraged to experiment with darker, more visceral imagery to match the set's titular thematic shift.
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