Roc Hatchling
Weatherlight 113 • uncommon
- Set
- Weatherlight
- Collector number
- 113
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- red mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Una Fricker
- Market price
- $0.25
What it does
This creature enters with four shell counters on it.
At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a shell counter from this creature.
As long as this creature has no shell counters on it, it gets +3/+2 and has flying.
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
The Roc Hatchling was released in 1997 as part of the Weatherlight set, the third and final expansion of the Mirage block in the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. This set is historically significant as it marked the conclusion of the long-running Weatherlight Saga narrative arc, which focused on the crew of the skyship Weatherlight and their conflict against the plane of Rath. The set was designed to explore themes of artifact-heavy gameplay and intricate graveyard interactions, serving as a cornerstone of late 1990s competitive play.
The card's illustration was crafted by artist Pete Venters, a prolific contributor to the game throughout the nineties. Venters opted for a depiction that emphasizes the fragility of the creature in its juvenile state, contrasting with the powerful avian predators the species grows to become. Within the game's mechanics, the hatchling functions as a low-cost white creature that requires a sacrificial investment of red mana to reach its full potential, a design choice that highlighted the expansion's push toward encouraging players to utilize multicolored decks.
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