Owlbear

Creature — Bird Bear

Trample

Keen Senses — When this enters the battlefield, draw a card.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Alchemy	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Pre-release	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Standard	Legal
Standard Brawl	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (4)

legendofa on Are there any flavor/biological reasons …

1 month ago

SteelSentry Yeah, my last sentence was more absolute, I guess is the right word, than it needed to be. Creature types do have an important role in flavor and identity. My point, poorly stated as it was, is that M:tG creature types don't represent real-world taxonomy well, and fantasy taxonomy is exactly as precise or arbitrary as the creators make it.

I don't know enough about the cultural history of nagas to really speak on them, other than they're important in southern and southeastern Asia, so I didn't really address that one. I understand there's a similar story with rakshasa from Tarkir vs. real-world culture. Something I need to learn about.

The viashino could have become Dragons instead of Lizards, and I wouldn't see a problem with that. You have a good point with the dragonborn. (AFR has its own flavor and mechanical fails, though, running off D&D rules. An Owlbear would last about two seconds against an Adult Gold Dragon, not fight it to the death, and Barbarian Class leaned too heavily into the D&D class mechanics. For M:tG Barbarians, it's a stupid-expensive Fervor. No Barbarian or Berserker card so far rolls dice, and only Vrondiss, Rage of Ancients has anything to do at all with dice rolling. Hey, look, a Dragon!)

But I don't think there's much risk of further changes. Most of the other M:tG-original humanoid-animal creatures already belong to the animal creature type: nacatl, leonin, all kinds of aven, wolfir, ainok, rhox (which were usually animalistic before 10th Edition), loxodons, everything from Bloomburrow... It's just kind of bringing the old stuff in line with the new stuff.

And now that I'm thinking about it, I want to see snail people. Move over, Toxrill. The Snail Wizards are coming in.

GrimlockVIII on Bears

3 years ago

The new Owlbear is a good late-game threat that draws you a card.

2DSides on List of Bear Cards

3 years ago

Hi here I am again. I see that you already have found many from the new set :) Here are a few that have been left out or that I have found since the last time:

Adventures in the Forgotten Realms

• Circle of the Moon Druid

Additionally there is an alternative art version of Owlbear .

Modern Horizons 2

• Sylvan Anthem

This one took me a little time to spot (on the right side, easier to see if you turn the art around), but boyo what a great addition! For this one, there also is an alternative art sketched version where the upside-down head of the bear might be easier to spot aswell.

Now lets get to the real juice.

Eldritch Moon

• Emrakul's Influence

If you look closely (https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/023/629/751/large/ryan-alexander-lee-ryan-alexander-lee-gatewatch-is-overrun.jpg?1579818634), the creature that Gideon is slashing, from the shape of its teeth and snout, could very much be a bear. It could however also just be some corrupted, mangled, fleshy monstrosity. So, in the quest for the eternal truth on the matter, I messaged the artist and got the confirmation (-> https://imgur.com/a/6cRPAQs) that, indeed, it is a bear we are talking about here. The applicability of the card in any bear-centered deck may be non-existent (although, if I may be allowed to dream, an Eldrazibear would be killer), but seeing as this is a purely archival enterprise, that doesn't really matter I reckon.

On the matter of Menagerie Liberator , I definitively think that that on the right side is a bear (as can be seen with a higher resolution -> https://cdna.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/003/258/818/large/michael-bierek-mike-bierek-menagerie-liberator.jpg?1471757804).

Though I don't think that absolutely all bear related cards in Magic have already been found, I think that we are starting to get pretty close. At least WotC seem to have taken note, so I guess we will keep getting new bear cards in the future. Also, why isn't there a subreddit for this yet?

Blackxp on List of Bear Cards

3 years ago

Keeping up this time!

Added: Owlbear and Instrument of the Bards

I ended up picking up these for my collection: Menagerie Liberator and Lead the Stampede

I actually commend you on Lead the Stampede because I stared at it forever and couldnt find it until I went to the link you sent with the better image. Never thought that I would see a bear turtle but alas there it be. This being said we totally did just get an owl bear. I am actually not convinced with Menagerie Liberator though. I am feeling different vibes from it but totally see what you mean. Maybe I will message the artist or something. I did that for a few cards now to rule them in/out.