Stream of Life
Revised Edition 217 • common
- Set
- Revised Edition
- Collector number
- 217
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- X mana green mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Mark Poole
- Market price
- $0.23
What it does
Target player gains X life.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Stream of Life card was first featured in the Limited Edition Alpha set of Magic: The Gathering, released in 1993 by Wizards of the Coast. As part of the Revised Edition set, which served as the third core set for the game, it was printed as a common card to facilitate accessible gameplay for new players. The card functions as a sorcery that allows a player to gain life equal to the amount of mana spent on it, reflecting the game's early mechanical focus on direct scaling effects.
The artwork for this iteration was created by Mark Poole, a prolific contributor to the game's early aesthetic. Poole's illustration style, characterized by a soft, painterly approach, helped define the high-fantasy visual identity of Magic: The Gathering during its formative years. The card is regarded by collectors as a quintessential example of the game's foundational design philosophy, representing the transition of card art from its experimental origins into the more standardized look of the mid-1990s.
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