Lord of Atlantis
Time Spiral Timeshifted 24
- Set
- Time Spiral Timeshifted
- Collector number
- 24
- Mana cost
- blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Melissa A. Benson
- Market price
- $9.82
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 foundational card for Magic: The Gathering, defining the Merfolk creature type. Its inclusion in the 2006 Time Spiral Timeshifted set was a deliberate homage to the game's early history. The Timeshifted series featured iconic cards reprinted with their original artwork but housed within a retro-styled, purple-hued card frame to signify their status as nostalgic touchstones within the overarching time-travel theme of the set.
The original illustration by Melissa Benson captures the quintessential high-fantasy aesthetic prevalent in the game’s early development. Benson’s work focused on an imposing, regal Merfolk figure, establishing the visual language for the Merfolk tribe for years to come. When Wizards of the Coast selected this piece for the Timeshifted subset, they aimed to bridge the gap between the game's nascent competitive environment and its evolving mechanics, resulting in a card that remains a beloved piece of history for both players and art collectors.
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