Wall of Wood
Limited Edition Alpha 225 • common
- Set
- Limited Edition Alpha
- Collector number
- 225
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Mark Tedin
- Market price
- $25.64
What it does
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Everybody knows that to ward off trouble, you knock on wood. But usually it's better to make a wall out of the wood and let trouble do the knocking.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Wall of Wood was released in 1993 as part of Limited Edition Alpha, the inaugural set of the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Created by Richard Garfield and published by Wizards of the Coast, the game emerged from a desire to combine the depth of hobby games with the collectibility of baseball cards. This specific card represents the foundational mechanics of the game, designed to serve as a low-cost defensive obstacle for players navigating the early, experimental meta of the system.
The card features artwork by Dan Frazier, one of the original artists commissioned during the game's inception. Frazier’s illustration style in Alpha is characterized by a distinct, hand-painted aesthetic that defines the game's early identity. Wall of Wood was received as a standard defensive utility piece, reflecting the design philosophy of the time where color-pie identity was established through simple, functional creatures that forced players to manage their board state carefully.
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