Serendib Djinn
Arabian Nights 19 • rare
- Set
- Arabian Nights
- Collector number
- 19
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Anson Maddocks
- Market price
- $151.56
What it does
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a land. If you sacrifice an Island this way, this creature deals 3 damage to you.
When you control no lands, sacrifice this creature.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Released in 1993 as part of Arabian Nights, the first expansion set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game, Serendib Djinn reflects the high-fantasy, Near Eastern-inspired aesthetic that defined the set's early visual identity. Designed by Richard Garfield and illustrated by Anson Maddocks, the card was conceived as a high-risk, high-reward creature, offering significant power for a low mana cost in exchange for a recurring sacrifice requirement. Its arrival introduced a new layer of strategic resource management to a game still in its infancy.
The card is notable for a distinct production anomaly in its original printing, where the card frame was erroneously colored green despite the Djinn belonging to the blue color philosophy. This misprint became a focal point for early collectors, cementing the item as a curiosity of Magic's initial manufacturing phase. Despite its mechanical complexity, the art style by Maddocks, characterized by a surreal and ominous depiction of the Djinn, remains a quintessential example of the game's original dark-fantasy aesthetic.
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