The 1996 Alliances expansion features Whip Vine as a versatile green Plant Wall creature. This 103a card offers unique defensive mechanics for Magic: The Gathering collectors.
Whip Vine
1996 • Magic: The Gathering • Alliances
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Designed by Allen Williams, this common rarity card represents a unique defensive archetype in the Plant Wall creature type. With a mana cost of two generic and one green mana, Whip Vine enters the battlefield with a power and toughness of one and four. Its most notable trait is the defender ability, which restricts it from attacking but makes it a formidable barrier against opposing forces. Additionally, the card possesses reach, allowing it to block creatures with the flying ability, a crucial interaction in early Magic gameplay. The unique ability allows players to tap Whip Vine to prevent a blocked flying creature from untapping during its controller's next untap step. This mechanic provides strategic control in limited formats. Collectors value this piece for its role in the early history of Magic: The Gathering and its representation of the Alliances set's design philosophy. As a staple of the green color identity, Whip Vine remains a recognizable piece of TCG history.
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Whip Vine
Game
Magic: The Gathering
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Common
Allen Williams
Card Stock
English
{2}{G}
Creature — Plant Wall
1 / 4
G
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Defender; reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.) You may choose not to untap this creature during your untap step. {T}: Tap target creature with flying blocked by this creature. That creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step for as long as this creature remains tapped.