Safehold Elite
Shadowmoor 239 • common
- Set
- Shadowmoor
- Collector number
- 239
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana green mana or white mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green · White
- Artist
- Richard Whitters
- Market price
- $0.18
What it does
Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)
"I refuse to die—not at the hands of one such as you."
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Safehold Elite was released in 2008 as part of the Shadowmoor expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. This set introduced a thematic shift toward a darker, more volatile version of the Lorwyn plane, characterized by an eternal twilight and the distortion of familiar creatures. The card represents the 'Safehold' faction, a group of resilient beings struggling to maintain order and survival within a world that had literally shifted into shadow, reflecting the set's mechanical focus on hybrid mana costs and untapped-permanents synergies.
The illustration was created by artist Warren Mahy, who captured the stoic, protective nature of the character to align with the card's defensive game mechanics. Mahy utilized a muted, atmospheric color palette that mirrored the pervasive gloom of the Shadowmoor setting. Upon its release, the card was received as a functional 'common' rarity tool, valued primarily by players building draft decks for its ability to bolster defensive lines against the aggressive creature strategies common in the Shadowmoor environment.
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