Loam Larva
Oath of the Gatewatch 135 • common
- Set
- Oath of the Gatewatch
- Collector number
- 135
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Jason Kang
- Market price
- $0.05
What it does
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.
The forest floor of Murasa is home to life as diverse and vibrant as that of the canopy above.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Loam Larva was released in early 2016 as part of the Oath of the Gatewatch expansion for Magic: The Gathering. As a common creature card, it was designed to provide mechanical support for the green color identity within the set's limited environment, specifically focusing on the theme of mana acceleration and fixing for the Eldrazi-themed mechanics central to the block's storyline.
The card features illustration by Kev Walker, a prolific and long-standing contributor to the game. Walker’s aesthetic often emphasizes the visceral and unsettling nature of fantasy creatures; here, he depicts the larva as a grotesque, earthy entity, aligning with the set's narrative of the Eldrazi corruption spreading across the plane of Zendikar. The design was received as a functional utility piece for draft and sealed play, characteristic of the 'mana dork' archetype prevalent in Wizards of the Coast’s design philosophy.
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