Sea Serpent
Unlimited Edition 77 • common
- Set
- Unlimited Edition
- Collector number
- 77
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 5 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Jeff A. Menges
- Market price
- $0.82
What it does
This creature can't attack unless defending player controls an Island.
When you control no Islands, sacrifice this creature.
Legend has it that Serpents used to be bigger, but how could that be?
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Sea Serpent is a common creature card featured in the Unlimited Edition of the Magic: The Gathering trading card game, released in late 1993. As part of the first core set reprint, the Unlimited Edition was designed to meet the overwhelming initial demand for the game following the sell-out of the Alpha and Beta print runs. It served as a vital bridge in the game's early history, ensuring that new players could access the core mechanics and creatures that defined the game's foundation during its rapid rise in popularity.
The card features artwork by Jesper Myrfors, who served as the game's original art director. Myrfors focused on a classic fantasy aesthetic to capture the mythological danger of a sea-dwelling predator. The design reflects the game's early emphasis on environmental interaction, requiring the Sea Serpent to return to a player's hand if they did not control an island, a mechanical quirk that highlighted the strategic constraints of early Magic design and the elemental themes inherent in the color blue.
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