Spectral Bears
Anthologies 63 • uncommon
- Set
- Anthologies
- Collector number
- 63
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Pat Lewis
- Market price
- $0.41
What it does
Whenever this creature attacks, if defending player controls no black nontoken permanents, it doesn't untap during your next untap step.
"I hear there are bears—or spirits—that guard caravans passing through the forest."— Grulsen, abbey matron
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Spectral Bears was released in 1997 as part of the Anthologies set, a unique expansion designed by Wizards of the Coast to curate and reprint iconic cards from the game's earliest years. This set served as a retrospective, allowing newer players to acquire cards from previously out-of-print sets like Alpha, Beta, and Legends, while offering a cohesive play experience that honored the game's evolving history.
The card features artwork by Pat Lewis, whose illustrative style captures the ethereal and ghostly nature of the creature. By depicting the bears as translucent, spectral entities, the art emphasizes the card's nature as an enchantment-based creature, a thematic choice that aligns with the set's intent to highlight the diverse and occasionally unusual mechanics found in the formative stages of the game's development.
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About Spectral Bears
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