Vashta Nerada
Doctor Who 376 • rare
- Set
- Doctor Who
- Collector number
- 376
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Fang Xinyu
- Market price
- $5.30
What it does
Indestructible
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Morbid — At the beginning of each end step, if a creature died this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
"Hey, who turned out the lights?"
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Vashta Nerada card, numbered 376, is a key component of the Doctor Who trading card series, which celebrates the long-running British science fiction program. The character originated in the 2008 episode 'Silence in the Library,' written by Steven Moffat, where the creatures were introduced as microscopic, shadow-dwelling swarms that strip flesh from bone in seconds. The card was designed to capture the iconic, terrifying aesthetic of the swarm inhabiting an empty space suit, a visual motif that remains one of the most memorable threats in the modern era of the show.
The imagery on the card is drawn from the series' production archives, focusing on the dark, utilitarian look of the Library's spacesuits. It was received by fans and collectors as a quintessential piece of the Doctor Who mythos, representing the unsettling tone of the show's psychological horror elements. As part of a broad series dedicated to documenting the Doctor's extensive gallery of monsters and allies, the card serves as both an educational reference for the show's lore and a collectible snapshot of the series' creative impact on television history.
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