Manticore
- Not to be confused with Masticore.
Manticore is a creature type describing sentient, ill-tempered monsters with lion-like bodies, wings jutting from the shoulders, a scorpion's tail, a human face, and a mouth filled with multiple rows of razor-sharp teeth.[1]
<c>Crimson Manticore</c> and <c set="MMQ" number="" title="Flailing Manticore" artist="">Flailing Manticore</c> (Mercadian Masques) marked Manticores as red creatures, but little else mechanically links the eleven manticores of Magic. Most were winged, but Amonkhet had just as many that were ground-bound, and several had damage-dealing abilities or some of interpretation of the sort.
Storyline
Amonkhet
The Manticores of Amonkhet are wingless, with the bodies and heads of great cats, spiked legs and a scorpion tail. They are used in the trials of the five gods to test the inhabitants of Naktamun.[2] <c title="Some">Manticore Eternal</c> were zombified and joined Bolas' army of Eternals.
Dominaria
Dominarian manticores have the wings of a bat. They are known to see every other creature than their own as food. A <c>crimson manticore</c> in the service of Geyadrone Dihada once attacked Dakkon Blackblade on Corondor, and was killed.
Mercadia
In contrast to most Manticores, those on Mercadia have feathered wings.
Theros
Theran Manticores live in the far reaches of Theros, beyond leonin lands. A manticore has the body of a lion, a human-like head with many rows of teeth, and a deadly tail. Akroans say each manticore is the reincarnated spirit of a once-great warrior, part of an army slaughtered defending its homeland from archons. The warriors were so full of life and valor that the gods intervened and transformed them into manticores.[3] It is said that Purphoros forged the manticore's tail from bronze, its teeth from silver, and its heart from hate.[4]
Zendikar
Manticores like the <c>conquering manticore</c> are known to exist on the plane. These creatures are feared and always obeyed.
Tokens
Gallery
- Sawback Manticore.jpg
- Crimson Manticore.jpg
- Flailing Manticore.jpg
- ManticoreConcept.jpg
Theran Manticore concept by Steve Prescott.
References
- ↑ Bonnie Bruenderman (February 07, 2014). "Monster Menagerie: Manticores". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Plane Shift: Amonkhet
- ↑ The Magic Creative Team (September 04, 2013). "Planeswalker's Guide to Theros, Part 3". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Flavor text for <c>Dreamstalker Manticore</c>