Oriss, Samite Guardian
Future Sight 28 • rare
- Set
- Future Sight
- Collector number
- 28
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana white mana white mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Michael Komarck
- Market price
- $0.72
What it does
tap: Prevent all damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn.
Grandeur — Discard another card named Oriss, Samite Guardian: Target player can't cast spells this turn, and creatures that player controls can't attack this turn.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Oriss, Samite Guardian was released in 2007 as part of the Future Sight expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. The set was designed to explore potential future mechanics and visual aesthetics for the game, featuring cards that offered glimpses into alternate timelines or evolved iterations of familiar concepts. Oriss represents a legendary version of the traditional Samite healers, a faction of white-aligned clerics known throughout the game's lore for their protective and restorative magic.
The card illustration was created by artist Christopher Moeller, who rendered the guardian with a sense of stoic authority consistent with the high-fantasy aesthetic of the game. Mechanically, the card was received as a niche utility piece for control-oriented strategies, functioning as a recurring lock mechanism to restrict opponent spellcasting. It remains a notable example of the experimental design philosophy that defined the Time Spiral block, focusing on nostalgic callbacks reimagined through a lens of mechanical complexity.
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