Vampire Bats
Legends 125 • common
- Set
- Legends
- Collector number
- 125
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Anson Maddocks
- Market price
- $0.45
What it does
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
black mana: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Activate no more than twice each turn.
"For something is amiss or out of place/ When mice with wings can wear a human face." —Theodore Roethke, "The Bat"
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Vampire Bats was released in 1994 as part of the Legends expansion set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. This set was notable for introducing the concept of multicolor cards to the game, allowing players to utilize multiple colors of mana to cast more powerful spells. The card was designed as a small, flying creature that offered players a way to invest mana over time to increase its strength, fitting into the dark, gothic aesthetic established by the expansion.
The artwork for Vampire Bats was created by illustrator Anson Maddocks, who was one of the original artists involved with the game during its inception. Maddocks adopted a stylized, somewhat surreal approach that helped define the visual identity of early Magic cards. The design aimed to represent the creature's predatory nature while adhering to the technical constraints and card templates used by Wizards of the Coast at the time. The card remains a piece of early collectible gaming history, marking a period when the game was rapidly expanding its mechanical and artistic horizons.
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