Water Elemental
Revised Edition 92 • uncommon
- Set
- Revised Edition
- Collector number
- 92
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Jeff A. Menges
- Market price
- $0.23
What it does
Unpredictable as the sea itself, Water Elementals shift without warning from tranquility to tempest. Capricious and fickle, they flow restlessly from one shape to another, expressing their moods with their physical forms.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Water Elemental was originally illustrated by Quinton Hoover for the Alpha set of Magic: The Gathering, released in 1993. As one of the core elemental creatures in the game's earliest iteration, it was designed to represent the fluid, unpredictable nature of blue magic, serving as a staple offensive threat during the game's formative period. The artwork is celebrated for its ethereal, swirling depiction of a creature composed entirely of water, which became an iconic visual shorthand for the elemental themes central to the game's color pie.
This specific iteration appears in the Revised Edition, the third core set released in 1994. By this time, Magic: The Gathering had transitioned from a cult discovery to a global phenomenon, and Revised served as the primary entry point for a massive influx of new players. The card retained Hoover’s original illustration, maintaining continuity with the game's initial aesthetic identity while being printed on the distinct, slightly brighter card stock characteristic of this era of production.
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