Wall of Ice
Fourth Edition 283 • uncommon
- Set
- Fourth Edition
- Collector number
- 283
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Richard Thomas
- Market price
- $0.32
What it does
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
"And through the drifts the snowy cliffs Did send a dismal sheen: Nor shapes of men nor beasts we ken— The ice was all between."— Samuel Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
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
Wall of Ice was originally introduced in the Alpha set of Magic: The Gathering in 1993, later appearing in Fourth Edition in 1995. As a core set, Fourth Edition served as a pivotal moment for Wizards of the Coast, standardizing card frames and white-border aesthetics to make the rapidly growing trading card game more accessible to a mass market while consolidating the card pool following the expansion-heavy period of the early nineties.
The card features artwork by Dan Frazier, one of the original illustrators whose distinctive style defined the game's early visual identity. Frazier’s depiction of a sentient, jagged barrier of ice reflects the fantasy roots of the game, emphasizing the classic high-fantasy aesthetic that characterized the mid-nineties era of collectible gaming.
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