Card reveals for Magic: The Gathering’s upcoming Dungeons and Dragons-themed set, Adventures in the Forgotten Realms, are now in full swing, and IGN is excited to reveal a particularly geometric creature slowly inching its way into the fray.
The Gelatinous Cube is likely one of the most iconic monsters in D&D, infamous for its ability to surprise, envelope, and then disintegrate low level adventurers in record time. Well, now you can experience that terror in Magic as well, as its signature destructive nature has been translated over in grotesque fashion.
Here’s a look at the card itself, as well as its special Monster Manual-style variant.
Gelatinous Cube is a rare 4/3 black Ooze creature that costs two colorless and two black mana to cast. It also has two entirely new ability words that mimic part of its D&D capabilities: Engulf and Dissolve.
Engulf is similar to plenty of effects we’ve seen before (though more often on white cards than black ones), allowing you to exile an opposing noon-Ooze creature when Gelatinous Cube enters the battlefield, but giving it back when your Cube eventually leaves. Dissolve is the twist on that familiar mechanic, letting you to pay the mana value of the exiled creature (plus an extra black mana) to move it from exile to the owner’s graveyard.
It’s a wonderfully flavorful take on a notoriously oppressive creature, literally allowing you to trap a creature within the Gelatinous Cube where it can eventually be devoured unless the Cube can be dealt with first.
Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms will release within MTG Arena on July 8 and physically on July 23. Stay tuned for more reveals from IGN in the near future.
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The Gelatinous Cube is likely one of the most iconic monsters in D&D, infamous for its ability to surprise, envelope, and then disintegrate low level adventurers in record time. Well, now you can experience that terror in Magic as well, as its signature destructive nature has been translated over in grotesque fashion.
Here’s a look at the card itself, as well as its special Monster Manual-style variant.
Gelatinous Cube is a rare 4/3 black Ooze creature that costs two colorless and two black mana to cast. It also has two entirely new ability words that mimic part of its D&D capabilities: Engulf and Dissolve.
Engulf is similar to plenty of effects we’ve seen before (though more often on white cards than black ones), allowing you to exile an opposing noon-Ooze creature when Gelatinous Cube enters the battlefield, but giving it back when your Cube eventually leaves. Dissolve is the twist on that familiar mechanic, letting you to pay the mana value of the exiled creature (plus an extra black mana) to move it from exile to the owner’s graveyard.
It’s a wonderfully flavorful take on a notoriously oppressive creature, literally allowing you to trap a creature within the Gelatinous Cube where it can eventually be devoured unless the Cube can be dealt with first.
Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms will release within MTG Arena on July 8 and physically on July 23. Stay tuned for more reveals from IGN in the near future.
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