Triassic Egg
Legends 297 • rare
- Set
- Legends
- Collector number
- 297
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Dan Frazier
- Market price
- $9.31
What it does
3 generic mana, tap: Put a hatchling counter on this artifact.
Sacrifice this artifact: Choose one. Activate only if there are two or more hatchling counters on this artifact.
• You may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield.
• Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Triassic Egg was released as part of the Legends expansion for Magic: The Gathering in June 1994. Developed as the game's first standalone expansion, Legends sought to introduce legendary creatures and complex, theme-heavy mechanics that differentiated the set from the foundational base game. The card represents an artifact that slowly accumulates counters, reflecting the flavor of a prehistoric object incubating over time.
The artwork was illustrated by Amy Weber, one of the original contributing artists for the game’s early years. Weber utilized a distinct, painterly style that characterized much of the mid-nineties aesthetic for the trading card game, aiming to capture a sense of ancient mystery. While the card is often cited for its slow activation cost in competitive play, it remains a nostalgic piece for those who appreciate the conceptual design experiments of the early expansion era.
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