Living Wall
Limited Edition Alpha 258 • uncommon
- Set
- Limited Edition Alpha
- Collector number
- 258
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Anson Maddocks
- Market price
- $62.50
What it does
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
1 generic mana: Regenerate this creature.
Some fiendish mage had created a horrifying wall of living flesh, patched together from a jumble of still-recognizable body parts. As we sought to hew our way through it, some unknown power healed the gaping wounds we cut, denying us passage.
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
Living Wall was released in 1993 as part of the Limited Edition Alpha set for Magic: The Gathering, the inaugural trading card game designed by Richard Garfield and published by Wizards of the Coast. Created during the game's initial development phase, the card reflects the early aesthetic and mechanical philosophy of the system, where fantasy tropes were distilled into simple, thematic game pieces. The artwork, illustrated by Jesper Myrfors, the game's first art director, features a literal wall of sentient vegetation, capturing the game's early whimsical and organic illustrative style.
The card was designed as a defensive creature with the ability to block despite its stationary nature, representing the game's focus on tactical board presence. During the Limited Edition era, the card was produced in a very small initial print run before the game gained explosive mainstream popularity. It remains a notable piece of Magic history, representing the foundational mechanics and the distinct, hand-painted illustrative approach that defined the game's first year of production.
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