Snow Hound
~$0.24 TCGplayer
White. Creature — Dog
Ice Age #53 · Illustrated by Pat Lewis
Ice Age #53 · Illustrated by Pat LewisWhat is Snow Hound worth?
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Oracle text
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"If you're starving, eat your horses, your dead, or yourself—but *never* eat your dog." —General Jarkeld, the Arctic Fox
Format legality
The only printing of Snow Hound
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ice Age ice #53· 1995uncommon· Cardmarket €0.29 | uncommon | $0.24 | €0.29 |
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Card details
- First printed
- 1995
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 3
- EDHREC rank
- #28,093 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Artist
- Pat Lewis
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Ice Age card (#53).
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 Snow Hound, read from the Ice Age printing. How to read any Magic card.
- Name
- Snow Hound. Rules use the English name in every language.
- Mana cost
- Mana value 3: the total mana in the cost, colors ignored.
- Type line
- Creature is the card type. Dog is the subtype, after the dash.
- Text box
- What the card does.
- Flavor text
- Italic story text below the rules. It has no effect on the game, and it can differ between printings.
- Power / toughness
- 1/1: power is the combat damage it deals; toughness is how much damage destroys it.
- Illustration
- By Pat Lewis. The art has no effect on the game.
- Set symbol
- Ice Age. Before Exodus (1998) every set symbol was black, whatever the rarity.
- Artist
- Pat Lewis, after "Illus.".
- Copyright
- Wizards of the Coast's copyright notice, with the year.
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