Lemur
- Not to be confused with Lemure.
| Lemur | |
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| Creature Type | |
| (Subtype for creature/kindred cards) | |
| Introduced | Avatar: The Last Airbender |
| Last used | Avatar: The Last Airbender |
| Scryfall Statistics | |
Lemur is a creature type for cards that depict small, wet-nosed primates.
History
Lemur debuted as a type in the Universes Beyond set Avatar: The Last Airbender to represent winged lemurs, which are typed as Lemur Bats due to being lemurs with bat-like wings.[1] The first ever Lemur was depicted on Hyalopterous Lemure in Ice Age. The card was originally meant to be a Lemure - a type of shade or spirit of the restless or malignant dead. However, in a misunderstanding, the artist Richard Thomas thought it was referring to the animal. As this was early in Magic design there was not a team to double-check the art and it slipped through.[2][3] This led the original art to be of a small furry winged creature, while later art depicts it as a malevolent spirit of energy. The name, text, and flavor text on Viscid Lemures were later created to reference this. Lemurs also appear in the art of Surgeon Commander, which features a lemur's head and Preposterous Proportions, which features a giant lemur in its borderless art.
Notable Lemurs
Gallery
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Original art of Hyalopterous Lemure showing a fantastical Lemur
In-game reference
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- Depicted in:
References
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (August 12, 2025). "Collecting Magic: The Gathering® - Avatar: The Last Airbender™". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (2013-03-19). "What is the deal with the "Hyalopterous Lemure" art?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (2017-03-25). "After Hyalopterous Lemure came back a Lemur, why wasn't the name changed?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
