Tidehollow Strix
Commander 2013 222 • common
- Set
- Commander 2013
- Collector number
- 222
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- blue mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black · Blue
- Artist
- Cyril Van Der Haegen
- Market price
- $0.24
What it does
Flying
Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
The scullers beneath Esper keep strixes as trained pets, and set them loose when a fare refuses to pay.
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
Tidehollow Strix was originally introduced in the Shards of Alara set in 2008, designed as a mechanical intersection of the blue and black color alignment within the Esper shard. The card features the signature Esper aesthetic, characterized by a fusion of organic life and refined etherium metal, illustrating the faction's obsession with artificial perfection. Its design serves as a functional combat deterrent, utilizing the combination of flying and deathtouch to create an efficient, low-cost defensive threat that forces opponents to carefully consider their attacking options.
The Commander 2013 printing, numbered 222, brought this card into the rapidly expanding ecosystem of the Commander format. By this time, the Strix had already established itself as a reliable utility creature for players prioritizing board control. The illustration, created by artist Nils Hamm, captures the eerie, avian-construct nature of the creature, emphasizing the metallic textures and hollowed-out eyes that define its visual identity within the Magic: The Gathering multiverse.
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