Petrahydrox
Guildpact 148 • common
- Set
- Guildpact
- Collector number
- 148
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana blue mana or red mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Red · Blue
- Artist
- Anthony S. Waters
- Market price
- $0.05
What it does
(blue mana or red mana can be paid with either blue mana or red mana.)
When this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability, return this creature to its owner's hand.
It departs through the streets' fissures with a sound like gravel pouring into a pond.
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
Petrahydrox was released in 2006 as part of the Guildpact expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. It belongs to the Izzet League, one of the ten guilds featured in the Ravnica block, and reflects the set's focus on multicolored mechanics and the chaotic, experimental aesthetic of Ravnica's wizard-scientists. As a common creature, it was designed primarily to populate the limited play environment, serving as a functional utility card that utilizes the bounce mechanic to protect itself or reuse enters-the-battlefield effects.
The card was illustrated by Anthony S. Waters, a prolific artist who contributed a vast amount of imagery to the game during the early 2000s. His rendering of the Petrahydrox captures the strange, elemental nature of Izzet-aligned creatures, emphasizing a fluid, magical anatomy consistent with the guild's affinity for electricity and arcane runoff. The design was received as a solid, repeatable defensive tool within the set's context, showcasing the mechanical flavor of the Izzet by rewarding players for carefully managing their board state.
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