Mist Dragon
Mirage 79 • rare
- Set
- Mirage
- Collector number
- 79
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Al Davidson
- Market price
- $3.50
What it does
0 generic mana: This creature gains flying. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)
0 generic mana: This creature loses flying. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)
3 generic mana blue mana blue mana: This creature phases out. (While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist. It phases in before you untap during your next untap step.)
"Across the plains, farmers who braved the mists began to vanish. Most blamed the goblins; none guessed the truth."— Hakim, Loreweaver
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Mist Dragon was released in 1996 as part of the Mirage expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Created by Wizards of the Coast, Mirage was significant for being the first set designed as a standalone expansion that did not require previous sets to play, drawing inspiration from African folklore and mythology to distinguish its aesthetic from the medieval European fantasy tropes common in earlier sets.
The card's illustration was provided by artist Donato Giancola, who employed a soft, ethereal style to capture the creature's nature as a being composed of mist rather than solid scales. The design focuses on the dragon's ability to phase in and out of reality, a mechanical representation of its shifting form that was received by players as a flavorful and distinct addition to the blue color identity, solidifying its place as a recognizable classic from the middle era of the game's history.
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