My brother traded 3 of these for Sarkhan the Mad.
Posted By:
JFM2796
(8/2/2011 12:11:37 PM)
"I found it, I did. A way through the marshes. Orcs don't use it. Orcs don't know it. They go round for miles and miles. Come hobbitses, soft and quick as shadows we must be."
-After you play Vampire Nocturnus-
"Wraiths! Wraiths on Wings! AIIIEEEYYY!!! gollum"
Posted By:
DarthParallax
(8/12/2011 12:07:34 AM)
Noobs: Why is this card good?
Me: :(
So, not only does it thin decks, get the land to enter untappped, it itself enter untapped, fetch nonbasic Plains/Swamps, fix your mana efficiently and effectively, etc, but noobs STILL don't understand how it's awesome.
Also @ HairlessThoctar: Yeah, not to mention at instant speed. Which of course means if one of your opponents has 10 or less life, you have a surprise attacker :)
Wizards, I think you guys need to make land-only booster packs.
Posted By:
j_mindfingerpainter
(8/28/2012 10:10:07 AM)
@Rikeus
"Why would you ever use this instead of Terramorphic Expanse or Evolving Wilds?"
With Terramorphic Expanse or Evolving Wilds, the lands come into play tapped, and must be BASIC lands - even though you can search for any basic land.
The fetchlands let you search for basic and nonbasic (insert land types here), and put them into play untapped, which means you can search for basics of the type specified on the card, or you could search for shocklands or (in formats they are legal in) ABUR duals, which is great for many reasons - from access to 2 colors faster, to access to 3+ colors fast depending on the deck. For example, if running THIS fetch in a 
deck, you could put it out T1 and right then and there use it to search for a Watery Grave, since it is a Island-Swamp, then giving you access to and mana... then if you were lucky enough to have a second, T2 you could use your 2nd to search for say a aut... (see all)
Posted By:
Travelsonic
(12/19/2013 10:35:01 AM)
Besides enabling Nocturnus, they can also provide multiple triggers for Bloodghast
Posted By:
HairlessThoctar
(1/16/2010 6:08:26 PM)
@Guest446511502
They use it just to fetch swamp and reshuffle the deck if the top card isn't a black card for Vampire Nocturnus.
Posted By:
JosirisDavid
(1/3/2010 4:07:08 AM)
why is this in a mono colored vamp deck?
Posted By:
Guest446511502
(12/31/2009 9:35:37 PM)
Reasons for this being in mono-black Vampire decks include
-Vampire Nocturnus
-Bloodghast
-Thining your deck
Posted By:
Eved
(6/20/2010 9:54:06 PM)
Agreed. Go grab any "shock land" that isn't Stomping Grounds, Steam Vents, or Breeding Pool.
Posted By:
ninjaboy05
(10/9/2009 9:00:09 PM)
A great land with sublime art. Izzy is awesome 5/5
Posted By:
Qoid
(2/13/2011 8:31:06 AM)