Zodiac Snake
Portal Three Kingdoms 99 • common
- Set
- Portal Three Kingdoms
- Collector number
- 99
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Qi Baocheng
- Market price
- $11.93
What it does
Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
"Thrice Xuande's ardent quest led to Nanyang, / Where Sleeping Dragon unveiled Han's partition: . . ."
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
The Zodiac Snake is part of the Portal Three Kingdoms set, released by Wizards of the Coast in 1999. This set was uniquely designed to introduce Magic: The Gathering to the Asian market, specifically focusing on characters and themes from the 14th-century Chinese historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The set utilized a simplified rule set to accommodate newer players, and its distribution was initially limited to the Asia-Pacific region, making these cards some of the most sought-after rarities in the secondary market.
The design of the Zodiac Snake reflects the set's thematic commitment to the Chinese zodiac. Like other cards in the series, it features distinct, illustrative artwork intended to evoke the epic scale and historical gravity of the source material. While the card mechanics were straightforward in line with the Portal philosophy, the artistry was received as a bridge between high-fantasy gaming tropes and traditional East Asian iconography, contributing to the set's long-term status as a distinct aesthetic outlier within the broader Magic: The Gathering multiverse.
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