Penumbra Kavu
Apocalypse 83 • uncommon
- Set
- Apocalypse
- Collector number
- 83
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Tony Szczudlo
- Market price
- $0.16
What it does
When this creature dies, create a 3/3 black Kavu creature token.
"These kavu are so stubborn they even refuse to die."— Tahngarth
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
Penumbra Kavu was released in 2001 as part of the Apocalypse set, the concluding chapter of the Invasion block for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed by Wizards of the Coast, the set focused on the climactic battle against the artificial plane of Phyrexia. The card was designed to highlight the game's shift toward multi-colored strategies, reflecting the thematic theme of unity between the game's various factions as they joined forces to fight a common enemy.
The artwork was created by Greg Staples, whose illustrative style during this era favored moody, atmospheric depictions of creatures. The card represents the Kavu, a species of beasts engineered for war in the setting's lore. Its design, which features a graveyard-recurring effect upon death, was received by players as a resilient utility creature, valued for its ability to generate card advantage in aggressive deck archetypes during the high-powered environment of the early 2000s.
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