• Hurr Jackal (Original Art)
  • Hurr Jackal (Original Art)
  • Hurr Jackal (Original Art)
  • Hurr Jackal (Original Art)

    Hurr Jackal (Original Art)

    Artist
    Drew Tucker
    Year
    1993
    Medium
    Watercolor
    Set/Console Name
    Arabian Nights
    Console/Game
    Magic the Gathering
    C.O.A.
    painted
    Substrate Material
    Watercolor Paper
    Substrate Dimensions
    6 5/8"H x 8 1/8"W
    Image Area Dimensions
    5 5/8"H x 7 1/8"W
    Frame Dimensions
    Unframed
    Handmade Protective Case
    YES
    Reserved List
    No

    Hurr Jackal is a one-mana red 1/1 creature that you can tap, so that target creature can’t be regenerated this turn. Originally printed in Arabian Nights (1993), Hurr Jackal is part of early Magic’s push to give each color subtle ways to interact with mechanics outside its main strengths. Red rarely dealt with regeneration directly, and this card helped shape red’s later “can’t be regenerated” mechanics on cards like Incinerate. This card isn’t about raw power, but about flavor, and early design personality. As a one-mana creature it was still playable, especially when you needed aggressive openers. In the early “Sligh” and Burn archetypes of Old School Magic, Hurr Jackal was a cheap and aggressive creature that had some utility in shutting down cards with regenerate (e.g. Drudge Skeletons). Although not competitive, it fits nicely into some Arabian Nights theme decks together with cards like Desert and Ali from Cairo. Hurr Jackal is not on the Reserved List.
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