Alien
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| (Subtype for creature/kindred cards) | |
| Beeble Scale | 8[1] |
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34 cards
 5.9%  20.6%  17.6%  8.8%  17.6%  2.9%  2.9%  2.9%  2.9%  2.9%  8.8%  5.9% 10 Alien creation cards
as of Doctor Who: Regeneration 30% 10% 10% 10% 20% 10% 10% |
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Alien is a catch-all creature type that depicts a being from another world respective to the setting they are based in. It became an eternal legal type as of Unfinity.
History
Alien first appeared on the Mystery Booster test card Visitor from Planet Q.[2][3] The Visitor is an Instant Creature, which is an unknown concept in the known Multiverse. Unfinity would later formally introduce alien as an eternal type with the introduction of aliens at Myra the Magnificent's Intergalactic Astrotorium of Fun. Aliens will appear in a premiere set for the first time in 2025's Space Opera set.[4] This will presumably mark the introduction of extraterrestrial life to the canon storyline of Magic, several years after the type itself became eternal legal.
Universes Beyond
Alien is used heavily in the Universes Beyond set Doctor Who due to its setting.[5] It was used as a catch-all creature type for species that didn't warrant their own creature type or as a modifier for species that resembled existing types. The exceptions to this were the Cybermen, Daleks, and Time Lords, which were made into types. Species that used the Alien type include the Adipose, Atraxi (Alien Eyes), Autons, Boekind, Ice Warriors, Judoon (Alien Rhinos), Kaleds, Lunar Hatchlings (Alien Beasts), Lupari (Alien Dogs), Memory Worms (Alien Worms), Menoptera (Alien Insects), Reapers (Alien Horrors), Sea Devils (Alien Salamanders, although Sea Devils are native to Earth), Silent, Sontarans, Star Whales (Alien Whales), Sycorax, The Flood (Alien Zombie Horrors), The Foretold (Alien Zombie), Thijarians, Time Beetles (Alien Insects), Vashta Nerada (Alien Horrors), Weeping Angels (Alien Angels), and Zygons (Alien Shapeshifters).
The type reappeared in Fallout as a token generated by Recon Craft Theta, representing the Zetan species.
Notable Aliens
- Non-canon
- Un-iverse
- Ambassador Blorpityblorpboop
- Stephan
Tokens
| Token Name | Color | Type Line | P/T | Text Box | Source | Printings |
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| Alien | White | Creature — Alien | 2/2 | |||
| Blue | Creature — Alien | 0/0 | ||||
| Alien Angel | Black | Artifact Creature — Alien Angel | 2/2 | First strike, vigilance Whenever an opponent casts a creature spell, this permanent isn’t a creature until end of turn. |
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| Alien Insect | Green/White | Creature — Alien Insect | 1/1 | Flying | ||
| Alien Rhino | White | Creature — Alien Rhino | 4/4 | |||
| Alien Salamander | Green | Creature — Alien Salamander | 2/2 | Islandwalk | ||
| Alien Warrior | Red | Creature — Alien Warrior | 2/2 | |||
| Osgood, Operation Double | Blue | Creature — Human Alien Shapeshifter | 2/2 |  : Add . Spend this mana only to cast an artifact spell or activate an ability of an artifact.Paradox — Whenever you cast a spell from anywhere other than your hand, investigate. (This token’s mana cost is  .)
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Trivia
- The Sea Devils Saga from Doctor Who creates Alien Salamander tokens to represent the species of the same name but they are technically from Earth and not aliens in the show. In contrast, the closely related Silurians such as Madame Vastra were correctly only given the Lizard type and not the Alien type as they also evolved on Earth in the show.
- The Autobot, Cyberman, Dalek, Necron, Time Lord, and Tyranid crossover races are all technically aliens in their respective settings.
Notes and references
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (July 30, 2023). "Where are aliens on the beeble scale?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Eli Shiffrin (November 11, 2019). "Mystery Booster Release Notes". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ It is unclear if Planet Q represents either a separate plane or a planet within one of the known planes.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (August 5, 2023). "How much shared DNA is there between Unfinity and the unnamed outer space set?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Jubilee Finnegan (July 28, 2023). "A First Look at Magic: The Gathering - Doctor Who". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
