Riptide Mangler
Legions 51 • rare
- Set
- Legions
- Collector number
- 51
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Arnie Swekel
- Market price
- $0.39
What it does
1 generic mana blue mana: Change this creature's base power to target creature's power. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)
It wants you to be its chum.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Riptide Mangler was released in 2003 as part of the Legions set, the second expansion in the Onslaught block for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed by Wizards of the Coast, the set was notable for its heavy focus on creature-based gameplay, introducing mechanics like morph to keep players guessing about the board state. The card was designed to represent the bio-engineered horrors utilized by the Riptide Project, a faction within the lore attempting to artificially recreate the extinct sliver species.
The artwork for Riptide Mangler was commissioned from artist Dave Dorman, a painter widely known for his atmospheric work in the Star Wars universe. Dorman utilized a moody, textured approach to depict the creature's monstrous anatomy, aligning with the dark, experimental aesthetic of the Riptide laboratory. Upon its release, the card served as a functional utility piece in limited formats, valued for its ability to manipulate power and toughness, which helped define the tactical identity of blue-aligned creature decks during that era.
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