Sea Monster
Tempest 85 • common
- Set
- Tempest
- Collector number
- 85
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Daniel Gelon
- Market price
- $0.08
What it does
This creature can't attack unless defending player controls an Island.
Water is life. Or perhaps it is just something to wash it down with.
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 released as part of the Tempest expansion for Magic: The Gathering in October 1997. As a set, Tempest was designed to focus on high-variance gameplay and mechanical depth, introducing keywords like buyback and shadow to the game's evolving ecosystem. This card served as a quintessential example of the blue-aligned high-cost creature, reflecting the era's design philosophy of balancing significant board presence with a restrictive casting cost.
The card's evocative illustration was created by artist Brian Snoddy, whose work captured the dark, oceanic aesthetic prevalent in the early years of the game. The visual direction aimed to emphasize the scale and menace of deep-sea entities, fitting squarely into the gothic and adventurous themes that defined the Tempest block. Upon its release, it was regarded as a staple of limited play environments, valued primarily for its role as a sturdy defensive threat.
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