Water Elemental
Fourth Edition 115 • uncommon
- Set
- Fourth Edition
- Collector number
- 115
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Jeff A. Menges
- Market price
- $0.18
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 introduced in the Alpha set of Magic: The Gathering in 1993, designed by Richard Garfield as part of the game's core elemental creature cycle. As a staple of the blue color identity, the card was intended to provide players with a mid-to-late game evasive threat, embodying the fluid and shifting nature of water through its mechanics. Its recurring presence in the early core sets helped solidify the fundamental combat rules and color philosophy of the game during its rapid rise in popularity.
This specific iteration from the 1995 Fourth Edition set features artwork by Anson Maddocks. Known for his distinctively organic and somewhat surreal illustrative style, Maddocks sought to capture the elemental's formless, liquid composition rather than a traditional monster appearance. Within the context of the Fourth Edition, which served as a massive consolidation and reprint effort for the burgeoning player base, the card remains a classic example of the game's early visual language and its transition into a global phenomenon.
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