Unicorn

Unicorn
Creature Type
	(Subtype for creature/kindred cards)
Statistics	31 cards 77.4% 6.5% 3.2% 9.7% 3.2% 1 Unicorn creation card 100% as of Murders at Karlov Manor
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Unicorn is a white and green creature type used for cards that depict noble white horse-like creatures with a large, pointed, spiraling horn in the center of their forehead. They often are symbolic of chastity or purity. It is said that these elusive creatures can only be captured by a virgin. Unicorns are hard to find, they don't care if you believe in them any more than you care if they believe in you.

The first card to bear the type was Pearled Unicorn in Alpha.

Storyline

Dominaria

The Adarkar Wastes, the barren, frozen plains of Ice Age era Terisiare were populated by unicorns (Adarkar Unicorn). Thanks to the meddling of the Rimewind, unicorns were drawn from the Ronom Glacier to do battle once again (Ronom Unicorn). According to Kjeldoran priests, seeing a unicorn was a great blessing and a sign of good fortune.

The plains of Sursi are known to be home to the Mesa Unicorns, manifestations of Serra’s joy and compassion. They frolic and dance like children, offering blessings to anyone they encounter.

Capashen Knights are the only people known to have ridden a unicorn (Capashen Unicorn).

In Jamuraa, Zebra Unicorns are mounted in battle (Masterful Decoy). Sometimes a zebra unicorn foal is born hornless; depending on the community, this may be regarded as a marvel or a bane.^[1]

Eldraine

Bearded Unicorns are domesticated on Eldraine.^[2] The beautiful creatures have a softly gleaming silvery-white coat, a wispy beard, gentle eyes, and calming auras. Their healing magic works in concert with their riders. Although they seem to be a beneficent, peaceful race, they are easily able to impale adversaries on their shining horns, which also function as a conduit for their killing magic. Before they were domesticated, they used to live in the Wilds and the knights of those ancient days hunted them for their horns, which were sawed off and ground into a powder that was said to aid virility.

Ikoria

Mutant unicorns appear on Ikoria, having hybridized with other horned mammals such as elks (Splendor Mare) or aurochs (Majestic Auricorn), resulting in extremely spikey creatures. They have life-giving properties.

Mercadia

A mysterious unicorn-looking creature known as a Wishmonger resided on Mercadia, granting wishes to those who knew how to ask for them.

Theros

Theran Unicorns appear to be creatures strongly associated with Nyx (Noble Quarry, Captivating Unicorn). His affair with Nylea once inspired the god Purphoros to forge artificial unicorns from opal (Opaline Unicorn).

Ravnica

On Ravnica Unicorns are exceedingly rare, and it is said that a person's life is changed forever upon seeing one (Inspiring Unicorn).

Ulgrotha

On Ulgrotha Unicorns were sought after by the cooks of Baron Sengir (Feast of the Unicorn).

Notable Unicorns

Dominaria

Emiel

Eldraine

Unknown

Ersta

Trivia

In the early years, R&D consciously designed Unicorns to be on the weak side as it had happened a few times by accident and had become a running joke.^[3]
Zebra Unicorn was the only multicolored Unicorn until Modern Horizons produced Good-Fortune Unicorn more than 20 years later.
Prized Unicorn from Magic 2010 was the first mono-green Unicorn. Doug Beyer thought that it should be green because of the overlap between the mechanic and the mythological flavor. It is hunted for its horn, so the Lure mechanic makes a ton of sense. It is also a natural beast, which is the sort of thing that green gets from a creative sense. The second mono-green unicorn, Noble Quarry, paid homage to the first in its abilities. Barring this period of experimentation, unicorns have been almost exclusively focused on white mana.
Based on its artwork, Wishmonger became the only known Unicorn-folk in the Grand Creature Type Update.
The silver-bordered Ponies: The Galloping set features the creature type Alicorn, which is a winged unicorn. Besides that, there's also one Unicorn type card, Rarity.
Regal Bunnicorn is a Rabbit Unicorn.