Magic: The Gathering

War Elephant

Chronicles 13 • common

Set: Chronicles
Collector number: 13
Rarity: Common
Mana cost: 3 generic mana white mana
Type: Creature
Colors: White
Artist: Kristen Bishop
Market price: $0.20

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$0.20market price via TCGplayer · Aug 17, 2026$0.18 – $0.23 over the tracked period

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Lore

Why it matters

As a common creature within the Chronicles set, this card represents a foundational element of the game’s early tactical landscape. Featuring artwork by Kristen Bishop, it serves as a straightforward example of the creature types that collectors often seek to preserve as part of a historical library.

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What it does

Trample; banding (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)

"When elephants fight it is the grass that suffers."— Kikuyu proverb

Formats

Where you can play it

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernNot legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
PauperLegal
BrawlNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
OathbreakerLegal

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Provenance

Where it came from

The War Elephant card was released in 1995 as part of the Chronicles expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Chronicles served as a reprint set, designed to make older, rare, and iconic cards from the game's earliest years more accessible to a growing player base. By reprinting cards from sets like Arabian Nights, Antiquities, Legends, and The Dark, Wizards of the Coast sought to stabilize the secondary market and allow newer players to experience thematic elements of the game's past.

The artwork for this specific iteration was provided by Kristen Bishop, whose illustrative style emphasizes the massive, utilitarian nature of the creature. The design of the card captures the thematic essence of the elephant as a formidable, singular force on the battlefield, consistent with the high-fantasy aesthetic established during the game's developmental period. While the card is categorized as a common rarity, it remains a notable example of the stylistic shift toward more painterly, detailed creature illustrations that characterized the mid-nineties era of the game.

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About

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