This table by Reddit user Not_Quite_Vertical is too awesome not to include. Anteater has been completely removed while hounds are now considered dogs. Some creature types have also been removed over the years. Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms: Bard, Beholder, Gnoll, Halfling, Hamster Tiefling.
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Strixhaven: School of Mages: Inkling, Fractal. Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths: Otter, Shark. Theros: Beyond Death: Demigod, Tentacle. Throne of Eldraine: Mouse, Peasant, Warlock, Noble. Kaladesh: Aetherborn, Pilot, Servo, Monkey. Scars of Mirrodin: Hippogriff, Germ, Praetor. WotCĪlmost every set that came after the great 2007 update introduced new creature types. 146 creature types were eliminated, and 8 were added, to leave the final list at 216 creature types. A total of 1197 cards changed in the creature type update. “Obsolete creature types were eliminated.” Cards that look like birds are considered birds (but not vultures), cards that look like beasts are considered beasts, etc. “Creatures that lacked an obvious class got a class.” Cards that only had a race, like Elvish Archer, got an appropriate class subtype added. In fact, creatures that were clearly human in the art got the human subtype added. “Creatures that lacked races got a race.” Samite Healer was a cleric but is now a human cleric. 
“Creatures without creature types got some creature types.” Some artifacts creature cards just said “summon artifact” and some legendary creature cards said “summon legend.” For example, the first printing of Rorix Bladewing was a “Creature – Dragon Legend,” but this was changed to “Legendary Creature – Dragon.”. The main items are detailed down below, quoted from WotC’s official article: Wizards published the Grand Creature Type update in 2007 to inform and update players on the criteria and considerations to define the new creature types on MTG cards. So the policy was defined to “update the creature card type whenever the card was reprinted.” The Grand Creature Type Update The Lorwyn block was already being designed, and that set had cards that cared about creature types and subtypes. On the other hand this was a tipping point for creature types. For example, let’s say I’m playing Samite Healer from Fifth Edition whose creature type is “summon cleric.” But my deck has human tribal synergies, so I need to explain to my opponent that Samite Healer is now also a human. Sliver decks were all the rage back in the Tempest block but, funnily enough, if you were playing slivers you didn’t want to see any on the other side of the table because your opponent would also benefit from your abilities.Īccording to WotC’s article on the creature type update, there was a debate about issuing an errata on creature types because it would create a lot of confusion concerning old cards. Slivers are creatures that give value for all the sliver card types in the game (yes, even your opponents). The “slivers” card type was later introduced in the Tempest block. But those interactions were few and far between.Īfter the printing of cards cards like Icatian Lieutenant, Dwarven Soldier, and Goblin Chirurgeon in the Fallen Empires set, players realized that there was another factor that mattered besides the color of the card and the mana cost. The first cards to care about the type of creature were lords like Lord of Atlantis. In MTG’s first set, Alpha, creature types were used for flavor-related reasons and rarely impacted the game. History of Creature Types Alpha and Original Rules The Big List of MTG Creature Types Creature Types Other very abundant types are soldiers, wizards, warriors, zombies, elementals, and spirits with more than 450 cards each. 
Humans are the most common creature type with more than 2,000 cards. What Are the Most Common Creature Types in MTG? If you only consider types that appear on creature cards, the list is shortened to 226 creature types. Dack's Duplicate | Illustration by Karl KopinskiĪccording to a big list that includes types that appear on tokens there are 261 different creature types.
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