Magic: The Gathering

Zombie Boa

Apocalypse 54 • common

Set: Apocalypse
Collector number: 54
Rarity: Common
Mana cost: 4 generic mana black mana
Type: Creature
Colors: Black
Artist: Greg Staples
Market price: $0.11

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$0.11market price via TCGplayer · Aug 15, 2026$0.10 – $0.14 over the tracked period

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Lore

Why it matters

The Zombie Boa is a common creature card from the 2001 Magic: The Gathering set, Apocalypse, featuring distinct, visceral artwork by Greg Staples. As a representative of the set's graveyard-themed mechanics, it remains a nostalgic inclusion for players who appreciate the dark, unsettling aesthetic that defined the era's creature designs.

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What it does

1 generic mana black mana: Choose a color. Whenever this creature becomes blocked by a creature of that color this turn, destroy that creature. Activate only as a sorcery.

It doesn't need to feed, but still it hungers.

Formats

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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Provenance

Where it came from

The Zombie Boa was released in 2000 as part of the Apocalypse expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. This set served as the climactic conclusion to the three-part Invasion block, which centered on a massive planar conflict against the invading Phyrexian forces. The card was designed to populate the common rarity tier, providing players with a thematic creature that reflected the set's grim, war-torn aesthetic as the world of Dominaria struggled to survive the biomechanical onslaught.

The artwork for the card was provided by Greg Staples, an established illustrator known for his dark and textured approach to fantasy character design. Staples focused on rendering the decaying, serpentine form of the creature to evoke a sense of rotting vitality consistent with the necromantic influences of the set. Upon its release, the card was received as a functional addition to limited-format play, favored for its simple mechanical utility in representing the pervasive corruption of the Phyrexian invasion.

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