the best use of this land will be buffing Domain effects...
Posted By:
Mode
(1/30/2009 1:24:21 PM)
Yeah, Henge of Ramos got owned. It's about the same value as Shimmering Grotto, though.
Fun card in draft. Suddenly, a 3-colour deck gets to pull off 4-colour domain stuff! Not much value otherwise though.
Posted By:
tikkimann
(12/8/2009 12:25:41 AM)
@ClockworkSwordfish
No, it's not strictly better than Shimmering Grotto. This requires that you control another untapped land in order to work, whereas Shimmering Grotto can use mana from other sources. They each have their benefits; neither is strictly better.
Posted By:
MarlinFlake
(2/22/2011 6:40:46 AM)
throw it in any deck with Obelisk of Alara great card
Posted By:
spence42
(12/8/2009 9:10:56 PM)
It also blows Henge of Ramos and Shimmering Grotto out of the water.
Posted By:
MidgetfaceKillah
(7/30/2009 9:37:02 PM)
Powerful defense against Spreading Seas.
Posted By:
Gormaol
(2/28/2011 4:56:55 AM)
Wouldn't this be good in Valakut Ramp? Couldn't you counter a Goblin Ruin Blaster by turning your non-basic land into a basic land?
Posted By:
Khias
(2/15/2010 12:32:22 AM)
Its not really a great card for regular play, but in the draft I recently played it won me quite a few matches.
I'm new to drafts so I don't know the types, but ours had the rules:
1. open a booster
2. throw in 3 basic lands of each type
3. play an opponent
4. winner takes other's deck and gets a chance to remake deck (30 card min)
5. repeat
Posted By:
Kurhan
(1/7/2010 11:41:26 PM)
Strictly better than Shimmering Grotto. It does everything that SG does, but can benefit you if you have cards that only affect certain basics (Patron of the Orochi, for example). And yes, this makes Henge of Ramos/School of the Unseen look bad.
Posted By:
ClockworkSwordfish
(10/31/2010 1:09:36 AM)
@Khias
The Frontier doesn't turn non-basic lands into basic lands, it gives a land a basic land type. So, no, your trick won't work.
@RafiqTheMiststalker
Did you miss the part where the target land has to be one you control? The Frontier doesn't help landwalk.
Posted By:
A3Kitsune
(7/19/2010 10:10:01 PM)