Electric Eel
~$0.84 TCGplayer
Blue. Creature — Fish
The Dark #25 · Illustrated by Anson Maddocks
The Dark #25 · Illustrated by Anson MaddocksWhat is Electric Eel worth?
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Oracle text
When this creature enters, it deals 1 damage to you.
: This creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn and deals 1 damage to you.
1/1
Format legality
The only printing of Electric Eel
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 The Dark drk #25· 1994uncommon· Cardmarket €1.17 | uncommon | $0.84 | €1.17 |
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Card details
- First printed
- 1994
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 1
- EDHREC rank
- #31,795 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Artist
- Anson Maddocks
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the The Dark card (#25).
Printed before collector numbers, which started with Exodus in 1998. The bottom shows only the artist credit ("Illus.") and the copyright. Set symbols were all black before Exodus, and core sets before Sixth Edition have none.
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Card breakdown
The parts of Electric Eel, read from the The Dark printing. How to read any Magic card.
- Name
- Electric Eel. Rules use the English name in every language.
- Mana cost
- Mana value 1: the total mana in the cost, colors ignored.
- Type line
- Creature is the card type. Fish is the subtype, after the dash.
- Text box
- What the card does.
- Power / toughness
- 1/1: power is the combat damage it deals; toughness is how much damage destroys it.
- Illustration
- By Anson Maddocks. The art has no effect on the game.
- Set symbol
- The Dark. Before Exodus (1998) every set symbol was black, whatever the rarity.
- Artist
- Anson Maddocks, after "Illus.".
- Copyright
- The copyright notice.
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