Nearly every single Time Spiral card was an homage to at least one previously printed card.
This card is part of a five-card cycle referencing the various kinds of "storage lands;" the first were in Fallen Empires (Icatian Store, et al) then tried again in Mercadian Masques (Subterranean Hangar, et al). This cycle became easily the most successful, finding a way to make the 'storage' part of the land less-clunky, promoting some entrants in this cycle to appear in tournament-caliber constructed decks.
Posted By:
Missile_Penguin
(7/11/2013 7:44:10 PM)
I really liked this cycle of lands. Sure, they were slow, but the ability to store up goodies and crack them open at will? I'm all for that.
Posted By:
DoragonShinzui
(9/26/2012 7:13:41 PM)
I can't type my comment there, ajani. you already typed your comment there.
Posted By:
Kryptnyt
(12/23/2010 2:30:23 PM)
I once used this in an Esper deck when I was swampscrewed. It served ad the most inefficient land ever (3 mana = 1 black). All of my spells have at least one B in their cost.
I won that game.
Posted By:
Shieldman
(5/31/2010 3:44:05 PM)
This card has saved my ass more times than one would think looking at it.
Posted By:
GhelmaroftheSimic
(12/24/2009 8:09:30 PM)
Between all storage lands, this cycle is the most powerful, I think. It comes into field untapped, and can tap for {1}. Yes, it requires actually 2 mana to put a counter on it, but I think that it's a little price to pay, in order to be able to put counters since the beginning, instead of wait for a whole turn like the old lands... Moreover, you can pay {1} from any land to get mana from this, and still be able to tap to add a counter afterward...
My Izzet Commander deck need the enemy-color version of this land!
4/5
Posted By:
leomistico
(5/27/2013 1:23:35 PM)
Type your comment here.
Posted By:
Ajani_is_da_man
(12/22/2009 5:33:07 PM)
woah
Posted By:
penguinmage25
(11/11/2011 2:03:46 PM)
Obvious synergy with Fireball and Exsanguinate is obvious.
Posted By:
DacenOctavio
(3/11/2012 10:47:31 AM)