Orcish Spy
Fallen Empires 61b • common
- Set
- Fallen Empires
- Collector number
- 61b
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- red mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Daniel Gelon
- Market price
- $0.26
What it does
tap: Look at the top three cards of target player's library.
"Orcish armies often employed the smaller, swifter, and less intelligent Goblins as spies."— *Sarpadian Empires, vol. I*
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Released in 1994 as part of the Fallen Empires expansion set for Magic: The Gathering, the Orcish Spy was designed to reflect the set's thematic focus on the decaying, factionalized empires of Sarpadia. The card was intended to provide players with low-cost utility, allowing them to peek at their opponent's hand to disrupt strategies in a meta-game that emphasized limited resources and tribal warfare.
The artwork for this particular iteration was created by illustrator Anson Maddocks, whose distinct, gritty style was a staple of the game's early years. Maddocks utilized a dark, visceral aesthetic to capture the chaotic and predatory nature of the Orcish tribes, aligning the visual design with the expansion's grim narrative of environmental and social collapse.
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