@DarthParallax
I have to agree with SAUS3. Birds of Paradise is not the closest comparison to this card, being that it requires green mana and is a creature. There are very few lands that give unconditional mana of any color, can be used every turn and don't come into play tapped. You have this card, Forbidden Orchard, Forsaken City, Lotus Vale, Gemstone Caverns, and Glimmervoid. If you really need a five color land that doesn't come in to play tapped, this card is one of the best and least situational.
Posted By:
Khazpar
(12/25/2013 12:02:38 AM)
Apparently Darth hasn't heard of TES; which is a brutally good legacy deck and consistently runs City of brass as a 4-of and consistently kills between T2-T3.
This will always be a good land; and given that it's damage there are even a host of ways to prevent, redirect, or simply ignore the damage altogether.
Posted By:
blurrymadness
(2/12/2014 3:58:36 PM)
Coming soon in Journey Into Nyx: Mana Confluence. Never thought I'd see the day when they would fix City of Brass. Note that neither card is better or worse than the other; Mana Confluence simply removes a lot of confusion from the original. For example, you can tap City of Brass for 
while you're on 1 life and cast Lightning Bolt on top of the damage trigger to defeat an opponent on 3, or your opponent can Rishadan Port your City of Brass and repeatedly deal 1 damage to you. Having it as a life payment makes it much more intuitive. Whatever the case, I'm very excited for the new card — my Cascade Reanimator deck can finally run 8 Cities of Brass instead of just 4!
Posted By:
Continue
(4/11/2014 9:11:12 AM)
That. Artwork. Damn!
I've always been a fan of the 7th Edition City of Brass artwork.
Now It's like that city got a restauration recently, so they revisited it after all those years and took a picture of it.
Posted By:
Mode
(6/5/2013 12:20:21 PM)
probably...they've honestly just been keeping it at rare because a Silver Set symbol would maybe clash a bit (albeit pleasingly) with all the gold/brass in the art. Best to leave it at a flavor-fitting Rare, if an almost mildly-underpowered one.
This card's closest comparison is Birds of Paradise. Is it better or worse?
Honestly? I don't care.
I'm playing it in every Djinn of Wishes of Deck I make. :D
And every Djinn of Wishes deck I make will include ALI FROM CAIRO. ^_^
Yes, this is how I roll, Gatherer. B|
It's underpowered, SAUS3, because the only lands REALLY worth paying life into are Shocks and Fetches. I GUESS I've seen City of Brass make 'serious' decklists, but I always thought that indicated they were building on a budget.
Compare it to the Xth Edition standard of lands: Yeah, it's Pure Gold.
Compare it to some of what we've seen in Green at common and uncommon, though? It somehow seems worse. I'd say ... (see all)
Posted By:
DarthParallax
(6/11/2013 2:06:57 PM)
Best art from any set that it's appeared in my opinion. Agreed that it should be lowered from a rare to a uncommon. It's just "fading" as time goes on (IE: Serra Angel, Sengir Vampire).
Besides that I've always HATED pain lands!! .5/5
Posted By:
Razeil
(9/16/2013 2:58:57 AM)
The artwork is amazing. While I don't really need the card, I wouldn't mind pulling one. Great for cube too.
Posted By:
Nikeyeia
(6/5/2013 6:41:33 AM)
@Doaj
I can confirm that it most certainly is.
Posted By:
NinStarRune
(11/22/2013 3:23:44 PM)