Giant Caterpillar - Mercadian Masques (#249) - Illustrated by Arnie Swekel - Magic: The Gathering Card
Mercadian Masques • Common • #249 • Arnie Swekel

Giant Caterpillar

Card Rules and Details

Card Type: Creature — Insect

Mana Cost: {3}{G}

Oracle Rules Text: {G}, Sacrifice this creature: Create a 1/1 green Insect creature token with flying named Butterfly at the beginning of the next end step.

Set: Mercadian Masques (#249), Rarity: Common, Artist: Arnie Swekel

Creature Green Common Evasion
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Historical Printings & Sets (1)
1 Languages
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1 Printing
Thumbnail Set Name Code Rarity Artist Released
Giant Caterpillar - Mercadian Masques MTG card scan Giant Caterpillar Mercadian Masques Viewing MMQ Common Arnie Swekel 1999-10-04

Official Rulings (1)

2006-02-01
It used to make Butterfly tokens. Now it makes Insect tokens named Butterfly.

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