Whip Silk
The List INV-225 • common
- Set
- The List
- Collector number
- INV-225
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- green mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Dave Dorman
- Market price
- $0.21
What it does
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has reach. (It can block creatures with flying.)
green mana: Return this Aura to its owner's hand.
Llanowar forges weapons of steel. Yavimaya grows her weapons within.
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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Where it came from
Whip Silk was originally released as part of the Invasion expansion set for Magic: The Gathering in October 2000. It belongs to a cycle of enchantments featuring the 'enchant creature' mechanic that allowed for a flexible playstyle, as they could be returned to a player's hand for a small mana cost. This design choice was intended to mitigate the inherent card disadvantage of playing enchantment-based auras, which were traditionally vulnerable to being destroyed along with the creature they were attached to.
The card features artwork by the illustrator Daren Bader, whose work has been a staple of the game for many years. His illustration depicts a delicate, ethereal web-like structure, fitting the card's function of providing reach and protection to a creature. When it appeared on 'The List'—a curated selection of cards from the game's history that can occasionally appear in modern booster packs—it served as a nostalgic nod to the tactical, enchantment-heavy strategies that defined the Invasion-era limited play environment.
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