Man-o'-War
World Championship Decks 1997 pm37b • common
- Set
- World Championship Decks 1997
- Collector number
- pm37b
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Jon J Muth
- Finish
- Gold
What it does
When this creature enters, return target creature to its owner's hand.
"Beauty to the eye does not always translate to the touch."— Naimah, Femeref philosopher
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Man-o'-War card featured in the 1997 World Championship Decks was a specific printing commemorating the competitive Magic: The Gathering landscape of the late nineties. This set allowed players to purchase replicas of the decks used by the top eight finishers of the 1997 World Championships in Seattle, providing fans an opportunity to play with professionally optimized deck lists that were previously inaccessible or prohibitively expensive to assemble in their original card stock.
Originally released in the Visions expansion, the Man-o'-War was illustrated by Donato Giancola. Giancola designed the creature with a surreal, ethereal aesthetic that fit the aquatic theme of the set, emphasizing its utility as a 'tempo' card that could bounce an opponent's creature back to their hand. The World Championship version is easily identified by its unique gold-bordered back and the signature of the player who utilized it in the tournament, distinguishing it from standard-issue tournament cards.
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