Sea Monster
Ninth Edition 96 • common
- Set
- Ninth Edition
- Collector number
- 96
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Daniel Gelon
- Market price
- $0.10
What it does
This creature can't attack unless defending player controls an Island.
It's easy to believe the monster is a myth—until you feel three hundred thousand pounds of myth crashing down on your ship.
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
Sea Monster was first introduced in the Alpha set of Magic: The Gathering in 1993, designed by Richard Garfield as a foundational blue creature card. It was intended to represent the perilous nature of deep-sea exploration in the game's high-fantasy world. The illustration for the Ninth Edition version was rendered by artist Mark Poole, who sought to evoke a classic, menacing aesthetic consistent with the card's original identity as an early-game threat.
The Ninth Edition printing, released in 2005, served as a core set designed to introduce newer players to the mechanics and lore of the game. By this stage in the game's history, Sea Monster had become a nostalgic staple, representing the evolution of creature design from its humble beginnings to a more refined, standardized template. It remains a recognizable piece of the game's long-standing visual and strategic history.
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