Simic Initiate
Dissension 92 • common
- Set
- Dissension
- Collector number
- 92
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Dany Orizio
- Market price
- $0.08
What it does
Graft 1 (This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it. Whenever another creature enters, you may move a +1/+1 counter from this creature onto it.)
Simic initiates begin their training as experimental subjects. Failures are flushed to the undersewers.
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
Simic Initiate was released in 2006 as part of the Dissension set, the final installment of the original Ravnica block for Magic: The Gathering. The card represents the Simic Combine, one of the ten iconic guilds of the plane of Ravnica, which is centered on biological experimentation and the intersection of nature and technology. It was designed to showcase the graft mechanic, a key gameplay feature of the set that allows creatures to enter the battlefield with +1/+1 counters and distribute them to other creatures.
The card features artwork by illustrative artist Dan Dos Santos, who has contributed to numerous fantasy and science fiction projects. His vision for the Simic Initiate sought to capture the hybrid aesthetic of the guild, blending organic growth with clinical, experimental motifs. Upon its release, the card was well-received by limited-format players for its utility in counter-based synergies, serving as an efficient and representative entry-level creature for the Simic guild's mechanical identity.
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