Lord of Atlantis
30th Anniversary Edition 359 • rare
- Set
- 30th Anniversary Edition
- Collector number
- 359
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Melissa A. Benson
What it does
Other Merfolk get +1/+1 and have islandwalk. (They can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
A master of tactics, the Lord of Atlantis makes his people bold in battle merely by arriving to lead them.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Lord of Atlantis was originally released in the 1993 Alpha set as a staple of the blue color identity in Magic: The Gathering. Designed by Jesper Myrfors, the card established the tribal Merfolk archetype, which became a foundational strategy for tournament play. The 30th Anniversary Edition, released in 2022, serves as a non-tournament-legal commemorative tribute to these early years, featuring the original card frame and iconic artwork to celebrate the game's long-standing cultural impact.
The 30th Anniversary Edition sparked considerable discourse within the hobbyist community due to its nature as a collectible-only product. While it retains the visual aesthetic of the classic 1993 version, it was intended as a celebratory retrospective rather than a functional expansion. Collectors prize these cards for their faithful reproduction of the vintage design language that defined the early era of trading card gaming.
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