Riptide Pilferer
Planar Chaos 60 • uncommon
- Set
- Planar Chaos
- Collector number
- 60
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Steve Prescott
- Market price
- $0.14
What it does
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player discards a card.
Morph blue mana (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for 3 generic mana. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
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
The Riptide Pilferer was released in 2007 as part of the Planar Chaos expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. This set was unique for its 'alternate reality' theme, exploring a timeline where the color pie of the game was shifted and traditional mechanics were reimagined. The card represents this experimental design philosophy by placing a characterively blue-aligned effect—discard manipulation and card draw—onto a creature that interacts with the graveyard in ways consistent with the set's subversive take on traditional game rules.
The artwork for the card was created by illustrator Matt Cavotta, who was a prolific contributor to the game during this era. His design for the Pilferer reflects the aesthetic of the Riptide Project, a fictional group of wizards within the game's lore known for their obsession with memory and replication. The visual style aims to convey a sense of stealth and intellectual theft, utilizing the moody, arcane atmosphere that defined the mid-2000s era of the game's artistic direction.
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