Child of Gaea

Green Iconic Elementals

It occurred to me during your last DtW I've never heard you discuss Elementals in your search for a green iconic. Force of Nature is undoubtedly the biggest, greenest creature in Alpha, and feels a lot like green's Lord of the PIt. WotC also kept printing splashy rare "nature elementals" in similar trope space like Verdant Force, Child of Gaea, Thorn Elemental, and Maro yourself, as if they were resonant with players. Were the lower-rarity red and blue elementals the problem, or something else?

We do Elements in all five colors, which isn’t good for an iconic creature type.

Blue Card Printing Child of Gaea Colors Creatures Drive to Work Elemental Force of Nature Green Lord of the Pit Mark Rosewater Rares Red Search The Pit Thorn Elemental Verdant Force Wizards of the Coast

Gaea's Embrace Card Backstory

Regarding your story about Zephid in today's article: You mention the green embrace was copying force of nature, but the version printed is copying Child of Gaea (which is still a remake of FoN). Was Child of Gaea also created to justify giving Gaea's Embrace {G}:Regenerate enchanted creature?

Yeah, I think it was.

Child of Gaea Creatures Force of Nature Gaea's Embrace Green Regenerate Regenerate Story / Lore Zephid

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