Contaminated Landscape: Flexible Fetch for Mana and Multicolor Plans
Contaminated Landscape slides into a mana base as a reliable colorless land, then offers layered options as your game unfolds. Tap it for colorless mana when speed matters, or sacrifice it to search your library for a basic Plains, Island, or Swamp card and put that land onto the battlefield tapped before you shuffle. This dual role helps stabilize your mana and support multi color strategies without compromising your early turns. The cycling ability adds a controlled path to gas later in the game, letting you pay a five color mana cost to draw since this card can be discarded for a card, which can smooth hands that miss land drops or need a different color fix. In Modern Horizons 3 the card fits a pragmatic approach, rewarding deck builders who plan for color needs while maintaining flexibility.
Used thoughtfully, Contaminated Landscape can anchor a range of decks from midrange to control, especially where basic land fetch helps unlock key spells. It remains a dependable option in environments that value consistent mana bases and strategic tutoring, providing a pathway to the right basics when you need them most. The land’s design reflects a consistent theme from the set: tools that adapt to a changing battlefield while offering options that pay off as the game broadens beyond the opening turns.
Card Details:
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- Card Type: Land
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- Card Text / Rules Text (Printed): {T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice Contaminated Landscape: Search your library for a basic Plains, Island, or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Cycling {W}{U}{B}{R}{G}, Discard this card: Draw a card.
- Power / Toughness: Not applicable
