Somber Hoverguard
Mirrodin 51 • common
- Set
- Mirrodin
- Collector number
- 51
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 5 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Adam Rex
- Market price
- $0.04
What it does
Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs 1 generic mana less to cast for each artifact you control.)
Flying
The vedalken interrogate all intruders—once the hoverguards are done with them.
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
The Somber Hoverguard was released in 2003 as part of the Mirrodin expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. This set introduced players to the metal-dominated plane of Mirrodin, shifting the game's aesthetic and mechanical focus toward artifacts. The card was designed to capitalize on the set's affinity for artifacts mechanic, allowing players to cast it for reduced costs based on the number of artifacts they controlled, reflecting the scavenged and adaptive nature of the plane's inhabitants.
The illustration was provided by artist Darrell Riche, who captured the card's theme by depicting a floating, mechanical sentinel. Riche's work in the Mirrodin set is noted for its adherence to the block's industrial and metallic visual identity. Upon release, the card was received as a functional utility creature within the limited format, praised by players for its evasion and the synergy it provided in artifact-heavy decks, ultimately becoming a recognizable staple of the set's common rarity tier.
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