Vampire Bats
Fifth Edition 202 • common
- Set
- Fifth Edition
- Collector number
- 202
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Anson Maddocks
- Market price
- $0.17
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 printed as part of the Fifth Edition of Magic: The Gathering, released in March 1997. This set served as a comprehensive core set intended to consolidate various cards from earlier expansions into a standardized, accessible format for a growing player base. As a common creature, it was designed to provide functional utility in black-aligned decks, specifically through its flying ability and its thematic connection to the horror motifs prevalent in the game's early years.
The artwork was provided by Anson Maddocks, one of the original illustrators for the game. Maddocks was known for his distinct, often surreal and darkly atmospheric style that defined the visual language of the game's earliest iterations. His depiction of the creature emphasizes a gothic, minimalist aesthetic, focusing on the silhouette and predatory nature of the bats to fit the established tone of the card set during that era of Magic's design history.
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