Horse

Horse is a rarely used creature type used for equine creatures.

Description and history

The wild horse (Equus ferus) is a species of the genus Equus, which includes as subspecies the domesticated horse as well as the undomesticated Tarpan. The genus Equus also includes Donkeys. Further related races are Unicorns, Noggles, Pegasi and the sentient Centaurs.

The first creature to bear the type Horse was Zodiac Horse in Portal Three Kingdoms (though the Nightmare from Alpha was later issued errata to become a Horse as well).

Hour of Devastation introduced a Horse Lord with Crested Sunmare.

Creature update

Creature types changed into Horse include:

• Pony (Dwarven Pony)
• Carriage (Black Carriage)
• Tarpan (Tarpan)
• Hipparion (Hipparion)
• Thundermare (Thundermare)

Horse tokens

Token Name	Color	Type Line	P/T	Text Box	Source	Printings
Horse	White	Creature — Horse	2/2	Doctors you control have horsemanship.	The Girl in the Fireplace
	White	Creature — Horse	5/5		Crested Sunmare
Phobos	Red	Legendary Creature — Horse	3/2		The Spear of Leonidas

Trivia

• Nightmare and Carnival Hellsteed are Nightmare Horses.
• Timbermare and Thundermare are Elemental Horses.
• Akroan Horse, Bronze Horse, Chrome Steed, Workhorse and Clockwork Steed are all Artifact Horses.
• Ebony Horse is not a creature, and thus hasn't the subype Horse.
• Phantasmal Mount is the only Illusion Horse.
• Breaching Hippocamp is the only Fish Horse.
• Trenching Steed is the only Rebel Horse.
• Sacred Prey received the subtype solely based on its artwork.
• Spitemare and Wispmare look like Horses, but they are actually Elementals.

See also

• Horseman
• Horsemanship, granted by Riding the Dilu Horse
• Kirin