this is bad to the bone becase you can go get dual- and shock- lands with it; and they don't have to come in tapped
Posted By:
badmofo
(2/19/2010 9:33:38 AM)
@scumbling1:
While I am of the same opinions concerning organized religion as you, are the Gatherer comments really an appropriate venue for religious discussion? Granted, the card in question references mythology relevant to your points, but it seems not a discussion of flavour, but an advocacy of one's own personal worldview. It's well put, and I agree with you, but I still have to question the relevance. That sort of thing has a tendency to spark quite a bit of off-topic discussion and clutter.
And yes, I do understand the hypocracy in that I'm both adding an irrelevant comment AND adding to clutter by posting this. A few comments, then:
Having the land come into play untapped is so very, very valuable. In casual mono-green, I often run the equivalent Nature's Lore (as Eved mentioned), and in the first few turns, it's absolutely beautiful. You no longer need to waste your second turn doing nothing but accelerating, a-la Rampant Growth- with a mana elf one-drop, you don't lose... (see all)
Posted By:
DoctorKenneth
(4/14/2011 4:02:35 PM)
Good if you have duel-lands or the other two non-basic Forests.
Posted By:
A3Kitsune
(6/16/2010 1:02:41 AM)
The very fact that the land does not come into play taped will often make this worth playing in mono-green decks over a rampant growth.
Posted By:
Silverware
(9/29/2010 12:43:17 PM)
Strictly more expensive than Nature's Lore
Posted By:
luca_barelli
(7/22/2011 3:11:57 PM)
Found 26 on sale from magicardmarket.eu. Prices ranged from €7,20 to €13,86.
Posted By:
tavaritz
(10/1/2011 4:36:58 AM)
Obligatory list of cards this can fetch, since people don't seem to see how good this is:
Bayou
Breeding Pool
Dryad Arbor
Forest
Murmuring Bosk
Overgrown Tomb
Sapseep Forest
Savannah
Snow-Covered Forest
Stomping Ground
Taiga
Temple Garden
Tropical Island
From an EDH point of view, this card is freaking wonderful. Land comes into play untapped (Shocklands you still have to pay the life though), can fetch dual lands, and only costs 
. In the right deck (basically, any mono-green deck, or any deck using duals) this card is definitely better than Rampant Growth.
Posted By:
endersblade
(10/25/2012 12:08:58 AM)
Nature's Lore
Posted By:
Eved
(3/8/2010 4:17:31 AM)
Farseek puts the land into play tapped. In mono-green, this is a solid card.
Posted By:
Gear61
(2/28/2010 9:56:25 PM)
Sort of opposite of Farseek? This doesn't seem playable.
Posted By:
Alqatrkapa
(2/13/2010 10:06:17 AM)