Enchantress
| Enchantress | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Creature Type | |
| (Subtype for creature/kindred cards) | |
| Introduced | Alpha |
| Last used | Duskmourn: House of Horror |
| Updated to | Druid |
| Rules | Whenever you play an enchantment, draw a card. |
| Scryfall Statistics | |
Enchantress is an obsolete creature type, and a slang term used by Magic R&D to describe the connected ability. An enchantress is a person, often an attractive woman, who is skilled at magic and able to easily charm others.
Ability
The "Enchantress" ability (Whenever you play an enchantment, draw a card.) is primary in white, and secondary in green.[1] This ability started in Alpha on Verduran Enchantress.
It stayed in green for many years, but has drifted toward white as part of R&D experimenting with white draw in narrow deck themes.[2] It has bounced back and forth between green and white, and now can be done by either.
In white, it has the limitation of only drawing one card per turn as that's a new rule for white card drawing. The best ones are probably going to appear in white and green.[3][4]
The Enchantress ability is a Constellation ability in Theros sets. Enchantress's Presence is an associated card which is itself an enchantment.
Enchantresses in the closer sense
Three cards with this subtype were printed:
Verduran Enchantress became a wizard in Sixth Edition, after which they were all changed with the Grand Creature Type Update into Human Druids.
Yavimaya Enchantress (Urza's Destiny) and the white Mesa Enchantress (Planar Chaos) were Druids from the start.
Satyr Enchanter (Core Set 2019) is the last card in line.[5]
References
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (June 5, 2017). "Mechanical Color Pie 2017". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (June 09, 2019). "Do think that enchantresses and enchantment matters should be focused in white?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (October 18, 2021). "Mechanical Color Pie 2021 Changes". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2021-10-18.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (April 26, 2024). "Any particular trivia on anything related to Enchantress?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (July 2, 2018). "In the Cards, Part 2". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
