Wistful Selkie
Eventide 165 • uncommon
- Set
- Eventide
- Collector number
- 165
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- green mana or blue mana green mana or blue mana green mana or blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green · Blue
- Artist
- Mark Tedin
- Market price
- $0.23
What it does
When this creature enters, draw a card.
Selkies call to a sea they never swam, in a tongue they never spoke, with a song they never learned.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Wistful Selkie was released as part of the Magic: The Gathering expansion set Eventide, which launched in July 2008. As the second set in the Shadowmoor block, it focused on hybrid mana symbols and themes of duality and transformation, reflecting the set’s narrative transition from a world of eternal twilight to an even darker, more twisted reality. The card itself exemplifies the set's mechanical emphasis on multi-colored permanents.
The artwork for Wistful Selkie was created by illustrator Randy Gallegos, who aimed to capture the ethereal and melancholic nature of the creature. Drawing from Celtic mythology, the design highlights the selkie's transition between human and seal forms, rendered in the distinctive, slightly surreal aesthetic of the Lorwyn-Shadowmoor block. The card was well-received by players for its efficient card-advantage utility and its evocative contribution to the set's atmospheric world-building.
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About Wistful Selkie
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