Horse

Horse
Creature Type
(Subtype for creature/kindred cards)
Beeble Scale	2
Statistics	46 cards 17.4% 19.6% 19.6% 6.5% 17.4% 2.2% 2.2% 2.2% 13% 2 Horse creation cards 100% as of Doctor Who
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type:"Horse"

Horse is a creature type used for cards that equine creatures; large mammals with solid hoofs and a flowing mane and tail, used for riding, racing, and carrying and pulling loads.

Description

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. Note that these biological terms may not make sense in a context involving magic. Further related races are Unicorns, Noggles, Pegasi and the sapient Centaurs.

Horses have been associated with all colors of mana, but are most typically found in white (as heroic steeds, or simply amoral wild animals of the plains) or in black (as literal nightmares).

History

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 Horses include:

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

Notable Horses

Dominaria

• Caliphear
• Chester

Thunder Junction

• Calamity

Ulgrotha

• The horses of the Black Carriage

Unknown plane

• Keleth

Non-canon

• Bill the Pony
• Shadowfax, Lord of Horses

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, Carnival Hellsteed and Plague Mare are Nightmare Horses.
• Timbermare, Thundermare, Lightning Mare and Vine Mare are Elemental Horses.
  • Spitemare and Wispmare look like Horses, but they are actually just Elementals.
• Akroan Horse, Bronze Horse, Chrome Steed, Diamond Mare, Workhorse and Clockwork Steed are all Artifact Horses.
  • Akroan Horse is a clear reference to the Trojan Horse.
• Ebony Horse is not a creature and thus hasn't the subtype Horse.
• Phantasmal Mount is the only Illusion Horse.
• Breaching Hippocamp, Wavebreak Hippocamp and Surge Mare are the only Horse Fishes.
• Trenching Steed is the only Rebel Horse.
• Sacred Prey received the subtype solely based on its artwork.
• Pony was reintroduced as an acorn creature type for Secret Lair Drop Series: Ponies: The Galloping 2 - Extra Life 2023.

See also

• Horseman
• Horsemanship
• Kirin