Sacred Nectar
Portal 25 • common
- Set
- Portal
- Collector number
- 25
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana white mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Janine Johnston
- Market price
- $0.13
What it does
You gain 4 life.
"For he on honey-dew hath fed, And drunk the milk of Paradise."— Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "Kubla Khan"
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
Sacred Nectar was released in 1997 as part of the Portal set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. This set was designed specifically to introduce new players to the mechanics of the game, featuring simplified card rules and removing complex timing restrictions found in the standard base sets. It is historically significant for its efforts to broaden the player base during the mid-nineties expansion of the collectible card game industry.
The card illustration was created by artist Quinton Hoover, known for his distinct, lyrical style that often featured flowing lines and ethereal subjects. His vision for this piece leaned into the themes of life-gain and rejuvenation central to the game's white mana color identity. While the Portal set received mixed feedback from competitive players who found its mechanics overly restrictive, the artwork remains a recognized example of Hoover's contribution to the early visual aesthetic of the game.
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