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Zombie (Magic: The Gathering)

GamesUndeadSorcery1968 to 1999

The zombie as a creature type in Magic: The Gathering, the trading card game created by Richard Garfield and first released in 1993. Zombies belong mainly to black, the colour of death and the graveyard. The Gothic horror set Innistrad (2011) split them into two traditions: the necromancer's risen dead and the necro-alchemist's stitched-together corpse.12

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First appeared
1993
Magic: The Gathering (1993)
Source work
Magic: The Gathering (1993)
Wizards of the Coast (Richard Garfield)
Age rating
13+
Made in
USA
What causes it
Sorcery
Varies by setting; on the plane of Innistrad zombies are either raised from their graves by necromancy or stitched together and reanimated by necro-alchemists.
Intelligence
Mindless

When did it first appear?

Ancient world
Middle Ages
1500 to 1899
1900 to 1967
1968 to 1999
2000 to 2009
2010 to today
1993

Magic: The Gathering (1993)

field notes

What the sources say

1

A creature type in the trading card game, tied to the colour black, whose themes are death and sacrifice12

2

Many black creatures are undead12

3

In the 2011 Innistrad set, zombies are one of five tribes and belong to black and blue12

4

Blue zombies, called skaabs, are stitched from parts of different bodies in the manner of Frankenstein's monster12

5

Wikipedia notes that skeletons and most undead could not be shown on cards sold in China until 200812

Sources

  1. Magic: The Gathering - Wikipedia
  2. Innistrad - Wikipedia

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Same era: 1968 to 1999

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