I have a soft spot for deadly mythological creatures. Dragons, Gorgons, Gargoyles, Manticores, and... Chimeras! Whenever I play a game where I can have a Chimera as a companion I ironically name it "Bellerophon," because, well, Bellerophon killed the Chimera in Greek mythology.
The question is: What is a chimera? According to Homer's Iliad, the chimera was an immortal creature that could breathe fire, with a lion on the front, a snake in the back, and a goat in the middle. Theros's Chimeras are a bit more... diverse:
What do these critters have in common? They all have four legs? Wings? A conglomeration of mismatched parts? This whole thing is just so perplexing! Maybe that's why the Born of the Gods contribution to the Chimera subtype is....
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Well that's certainly different! Let's see the art description:
Color: Blue creature
Location: An island temple
Action: Show us a wingless chimera guarding the temple. The unique thing about this chimera is that it is symmetrical and has heads and forelimbs at both ends of its body connected by a shared midsection.
Focus: The chimera.
Mood: Fierce, dangerous, magical, and just as apt to attack one direction as the other.
Hold on there—it has a head at both ends? That is indeed perplexing! It's hard to see on the card, though, so let's take a closer look:
Perplexing Chimera | Art by Tyler Jacobson
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Bonnie Bruenderman is a visual designer for DailyMTG. The authors write the articles; the editors edit; then she gets to add cards, images, funnies, charts, graphs... whatever the article needs above and beyond the text. She has a very nerdy sense of humor. (Someday, her illustrated mutant amalgamations shall take over the Multiverse! Patience, my pet. Patience.....)
