Water Elemental
Limited Edition Beta 92 • uncommon
- Set
- Limited Edition Beta
- Collector number
- 92
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Jeff A. Menges
- Market price
- $13.68
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 released as part of the Limited Edition Beta set for Magic: The Gathering in October 1993. As the second print run of the game, Beta was designed to rectify the scarcity and some of the artistic inconsistencies of the initial Alpha release, featuring more refined card stock and improved layout standards. It remains a foundational piece of the early game's identity, representing the core philosophy of the Blue mana color in Magic's color pie.
The iconic illustration for this card was created by artist Quinton Hoover. Hoover was known for his distinct, flowing style and vibrant use of ink and watercolor, which lent an ethereal and fluid quality to his creature designs. The Water Elemental is widely celebrated by collectors for capturing a sense of elemental movement and mystical energy, marking a hallmark example of the visual language that defined the early aesthetic of the trading card game.
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