Minotaur Illusionist
Apocalypse 111 • uncommon
- Set
- Apocalypse
- Collector number
- 111
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana blue mana red mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Red · Blue
- Artist
- Mark Zug
- Market price
- $0.22
What it does
1 generic mana blue mana: This creature gains shroud until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
red mana, Sacrifice this creature: It deals damage equal to its power to target creature.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Minotaur Illusionist was released in 2001 as part of the Apocalypse set, the final expansion in the Invasion block for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Set within the lore of the Phyrexian invasion of Dominaria, the card reflects the desperate and chaotic nature of a world under siege. As an uncommon creature, it served as a tactical tool for players, designed to introduce elements of deception and mana disruption that characterized the blue and red color alignment of the period.
The artwork was provided by Mark Zug, a prominent fantasy illustrator known for his dynamic and textured approach to character design. Zug chose to depict the Minotaur not merely as a brute, but as a figure manipulating ethereal, magical constructs, effectively bridging the gap between the creature's traditional physical strength and the set's thematic emphasis on illusions. The design was well-received by players for its thematic cohesion and its distinct visual departure from the more grounded or monstrous Minotaur depictions in earlier sets.
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