Whirling Dervish
World Championship Decks 1997 sg341 • uncommon
- Set
- World Championship Decks 1997
- Collector number
- sg341
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- green mana green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Susan Van Camp
- Finish
- Gold
What it does
Protection from black
At the beginning of each end step, if this creature dealt damage to an opponent this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Whirling Dervish card originally debuted in the Legends expansion of Magic: The Gathering in 1994, designed to capture the mystical nature of the Sufi practice through its unique ability to gain power over time. The 1997 World Championship Decks edition was released by Wizards of the Coast to commemorate the top-performing decks from that year's world tournament, allowing players to own exact replicas of the competitive decks used by professional champions.
The card features artwork by Susan Van Camp, a prolific illustrator for the game during its formative years. Van Camp’s depiction of the Dervish emphasizes movement and fluid motion, consistent with the card's mechanical function of accumulating counters. These tournament-replica decks were produced with gold-bordered backs to distinguish them from standard game cards, marking them as commemorative items rather than tournament-legal pieces.
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