Root Spider
Homelands 94 • uncommon
- Set
- Homelands
- Collector number
- 94
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Mike Kimble
- Market price
- $0.16
What it does
Whenever this creature blocks, it gets +1/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn.
"They're not half as fierce if they don't see you coming."— Devin, Faerie Noble
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
Root Spider was released in 1995 as part of the Homelands expansion set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed by Wizards of the Coast, Homelands was intended to deepen the game's lore by focusing on the plane of Ulgrotha, a world defined by its dark, gothic themes and internal strife. The set was designed to emphasize flavor and narrative over competitive power, which resulted in a lower mechanical impact on the broader game environment at the time of its release.
The card features artwork by Margaret Organ-Kean, who contributed several illustrations to the set. Her work on the piece utilizes a stylized, creature-focused aesthetic intended to evoke the unsettling, swamp-dwelling nature of the forest floor within Ulgrotha. While the card is a common-rarity creature with modest gameplay utility, it remains a notable example of the set's commitment to immersive world-building and the distinct artistic direction that characterized the game's mid-nineties expansion era.
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