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Aurochs Coming Back?
by Bill Stark | posted at 2010-02-13 15:11:00
tagged: MTG, Magic, Magic the Gathering, Aurochs, Coming Back, Ice Age, Cattle
Are Aurochs, those chunky super cows, coming back?
Okay, not to Magic. ACTUALLY coming back. You see, the creature type Aurochs aren't just a part of Magic lore. They're real animals that used to roam Europe before becoming extinct in the 17th century. Like their art from Magic cards, Aurochs look something like yakkish cattle, though standing much larger than your typical Holstein. And now, modern researchers want to breed them back into existence.
It's not the first time humans have tried to bring the aurochs back. Nazi scientists attempted to do the same thing in the 20th century, though the resulting breed of pseudo-cattle was actually a new flavor known as "heck cattle." The project to bring the aurochs back could take as much as a century, though a separate group of scientists is actually trying to clone them back into existence.
And if they succeed? Is it possible we'll see a return to Magic of the cowiest "tribe" this side of a Pillarfield Ox? Okay, probably not, but hey it's kind of fun to imagine.
Read the full article on the efforts to bring the aurochs back here.
And scope out the Aurochs that have existed in Magic to date:
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Bill Stark is the founder and editor-in-chief of TheStarkingtonPost.com. He began playing Magic in 1995 after being introduced to the game by his brother. Since then he has competed at all levels of play including the JSS, Grand Prix, Nationals, and Pro Tour. In addition to his career as a pro, Bill began writing about the game early on for TheDojo.com, the first website dedicated to Magic. Since then he has written and edited for nearly every major Magic website on the web. In 2007 he began work as an official coverage reporter for Wizards of the Coast, flying to Grand Prixs, Nationals, and World Championships to record the events happening at each. He was also hired for six months as an R&D intern at Wizards where he worked on the redesign for DailyMTG.com as well as helping to develop multiple Magic sets. After leaving Wizards, he started TheStarkingtonPost.com to utilize his many contacts in the industry to provide a better information solution for fans of TCGs, gaming, and Magic: The Gathering.