Underdark Beholder
Mystery Booster Playtest Cards 2019 49 • rare
- Set
- Mystery Booster Playtest Cards 2019
- Collector number
- 49
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana black mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Chris Tulach
- Market price
- $1.55
What it does
Underdark Beholder enters the battlefield with ten eyestalk counters on it.
If Underdark Beholder would be dealt damage, remove that many eyestalk counters from it instead. If you can't, sacrifice it.
Whenever Underdark Beholder attacks, reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal an instant, sorcery, or enchantment card with converted mana cost less than the number of eyestalk counters on Underdark Beholder. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Shuffle your library.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyNot legal
- VintageNot legal
- CommanderNot legal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerNot legal
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Where it came from
The Underdark Beholder card was released in 2019 as part of the Mystery Booster Playtest Cards, a unique set included within the convention-only Mystery Booster packs. These cards were designed by Wizards of the Coast as an experimental project to explore unconventional mechanical designs that did not fit into standard set releases. The cards feature a distinct 'playtest' aesthetic, characterized by stark white borders, simplistic formatting, and hand-written notes or sketch-like artwork, intended to mimic the raw development process of tabletop game design.
The card captures the classic aesthetic of the Dungeons & Dragons monster, utilizing the distinct visual identity of the Beholder within the context of Magic: The Gathering. As a playtest card, it functions as a glimpse into the internal R&D phase of the game, highlighting how designers iterate on high-concept creatures. The card was received by the community as a prized collector's curiosity, valued for its rarity and its status as a tangible piece of the game's behind-the-scenes experimentation.
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About Underdark Beholder
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