Why is this card rated so highly, and worth so much? Unless you get it out before the 4th turn, its a Salt Marsh. Drowned Catacomb just seems so much better to me, I don't get it.
Posted By:
Dennoire
(3/21/2012 7:37:56 PM)
I'm getting four for a Vintage artifact deck I've been working on. The deck runs on less than ten actual lands, so it'll be interesting to see how they operate within that parameter. More of a test than anything, but I can always find another use for the lands if they don't work there.
I like the mechanic, though. It certainly would be interesting to use these with the M10/M11 dual color lands...it takes a bit of luck on the initial shuffle, but you could reasonably always have mana available no matter what turn it is, provided the balance of basic/shock/alpha-dual lands being in the mix.
Though if I had alpha-dual lands, I wouldn't be running these!
Posted By:
Lateralis0ne
(10/9/2010 7:30:53 AM)
Question: If I have a Swamp & an Island on the board, T3 comes in, can I add Darkslick Shores, will it come in tapped???
Posted By:
Kidromeo
(3/20/2011 7:43:13 PM)
Using these and Drowned Catacomb in my 
Control Deck. Not that much of a problem unless you pull them late game. 4/5
Posted By:
Hayw00d0909
(5/18/2011 11:48:00 AM)
Even though this cycle is aggressively-minded (most other duals favor control), guess which colors still ended up being the most expensive of the five.
Posted By:
Gabriel422
(6/1/2011 12:20:46 AM)
Such a gorgeous land. And nearly playable, too! These are completely penalty-free in Legacy. You can't fetch them, and Wasteland wrecks 'em like anything, but in a format where your first three lands count the most, they're the best dual you can't fetch.
Posted By:
Salient
(12/16/2011 1:36:24 AM)
Is there a name for this cycle of duals yet? I thought of a good name for them, but it might be because I heard it somewhere else or something. Regardless, they should be called the Fastlands.
Posted By:
am802g
(2/6/2013 2:42:34 PM)
UW - Seachrome Coast
WG - Razorverge Thicket
GR - Copperline Gorge
RB - Blackcleave Cliffs
BU - Darkslick Shores
Enemy colored versions of this cycle do not currently exist.
Posted By:
iUseBreakOpen
(2/24/2014 4:00:16 PM)
I played Magic through the 90s and then got out of it for a few years. When I came back to it, I was happily surprised at how many different types of dual lands were available.
In my deck, a Vintage black and blue deck, the mana curve is pretty low. The only card I have in the deck that costs more then 4 mana to cast is Force of Will.
Once in a while this card's drawback had hindered me, but with the amount of artifact mana available and 4 Dark Rituals, and almost all of my cards casting 4 or less to cast, by the time i have a fourth land to play im not usually desperate for the mana.
Most of the time this card works as well for me as an Underground Sea, but it looses a star for those times when it doesnt.
Posted By:
ox411
(5/25/2014 12:29:31 PM)