Vashta Nerada
Doctor Who 678 • rare
- Set
- Doctor Who
- Collector number
- 678
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Fang Xinyu
- Finish
- Surge
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 678 in the Doctor Who set, features the microscopic, shadow-dwelling creatures introduced in the 2008 television episode 'Silence in the Library.' Created by writer Steven Moffat, these antagonists were conceptualized as a primal fear of the dark, functioning as a hive-minded swarm that strips organic matter to the bone in milliseconds. The design of the card captures their terrifying essence, reflecting their distinct visual identity as sentient, predatory shadows that occupy empty spaces.
As part of the collectible card series based on the long-running British science fiction program, this entry serves as both a functional game piece and an archival record of the show's lore. The illustration was curated to emphasize the unsettling nature of the creatures, prioritizing atmospheric tension over direct character depiction. Since its release, the card has been sought after by enthusiasts of the Doctor Who franchise who value its representation of one of the series' most conceptually daunting villains.
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