Another card I rated low not because I think it's bad, but because I think it's too good. But what really bugs me about this card is that it's rare. By making it rare they've made it harder to get therefore driving up it's value. And like the comment below says, it's the cornerstone of the five color control deck. Why should a card that they know is going to be a cornerstone card be printed a rare? You've now given a unfair advantage to a small portion of players who have been fortunate enough to obtain them.
Posted By:
Jedi1josh
(4/20/2009 3:42:35 PM)
I wonder if you can add any color if you just have two of these in play...
Posted By:
Aun
(4/23/2010 4:32:28 PM)
I'm not sure why people don't like the new art. It's pretty cool combined with the flavor text. If you look into the water you see Lorwyn! It's happy, green, and sunny!
Posted By:
Nlky
(10/20/2010 12:49:40 AM)
I like the rulings. "Reflecting Pool doesn't care about..."
In all seriousness though, it's a great combo card, worth the rare status, but i think it's overrated. It's not that fantastic.
Posted By:
divine_exodus
(11/30/2010 7:17:34 PM)
If you have sunken ruins and a reflecting pool does the reflecting pool create two mana or just one?
Posted By:
po0po0h3ad
(9/23/2012 1:31:50 AM)
Nice card, but doesn't solve the problem if you don't have any mana of the color you need in play.
Posted By:
blazestudios23
(12/27/2012 10:32:40 AM)
Solid rare land. 4.5/5
Posted By:
GlintKawk42
(2/20/2013 5:03:28 AM)
Today I was over at my buddy's house and I was thumbing through some of his decks and while sliding past cards in his Vintage deck I came across a foil Japanese Reflecting Pool... Now I had to see what that was worth so we went to auction sites and wholesalers, nothing. Then I realized we were only searching for English versions of the card and even after that realization still no foil Reflecting Pools. Were these cards massively short printed in foil? Because if I can't find an English one to base the price off of I have to imagine the Japanese one would only be that much more rare.
Any info I could pass along would be helpful.
Posted By:
koRnygoatweed
(8/8/2013 9:32:45 PM)
I was playing a game of EDH and had a Cavern of Souls in play, then I played one of these for turn, tapped it for blue (because Cavern could theoretically tap for any color) and an opponent claimed it was an illegal move, claiming that I'd have to use the Cavern for a color in order to use this. After reading the rules here, I see that I wasn't in the wrong. Should've called a judge.
Posted By:
kor6sic6
(9/3/2013 7:30:21 PM)
I'm curious as to how this interacts with a land like Graven Cairns. Seems like I'd be able to produce {B} or {R} with both on the field, but I'm not 100% sure.
Posted By:
Cynderias
(9/15/2013 10:45:21 AM)