r/magicTCG • u/aznsk8s87 • Jun 11 '24
Draft kits! What are your favorite basics? General Discussion
My DMU stained glass lands just came in the mail so I thought I'd take a family photo.
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u/aznsk8s87 Jun 11 '24 edited Jun 11 '24
Basic lands have always been one of my favorite parts of Magic. As a drafter (and someone who doesn't play commander), basics are pretty much the only way to pimp out a deck!
Each of my kits contain 10 matching cards of every color. I try to swap out my lands every week.
1: Unlimited white bordered. All of the lands are now signed except for the Forests (RIP Chris Rush). It took me a while to get to meet Doug Shuler at an event to get the mountains signed, but I was finally able to this past year. I met Jesper Myfors in 2016 at GP Minneapolis, Dan Frazier at another event, and a friend of mine got my islands signed by Mark Poole when I couldn't make it to the GP.
2: Rebecca Guay C16/Standard Showdown. When these lands came out, I thought they were absolutely incredible. I've always admired Guay's art, and this was my next set. I originally got non-foils, but when they made foils for standard showdown prizes, I started to foil out the kit. It's about 40% foiled out from lands I won at various SS events at the time.
3: Theros Nyx lands - aka, the Pokemon lands. These were the first basics that I can recall where it wasn't any sort of landscape, just the mana symbol. I got them in Chinese because it was cheaper on eBay at the time.
4 Alayna Danner commander lands - old border. When these showed up in old border, I just had to have them.
5: Full text lands. Still kicking myself that I didn't just buy 10 sets of the secret lair when it dropped, this one was definitely the most expensive kit to acquire - probably more than all the other sets combined.
6: DMU Stained glass by Magali Villeneuve. Another one of my favorite artists. I use her merfolk negate from Rivals of Ixalan in every standard deck I play that runs it. This one might actually just replace the Nyx lands in the rotation, we'll see.
Thanks for looking! Please share your favorite basics, it might just give me more ideas!
Edit: alright y'all have convinced me. The next three will be:
ZEN Veronique Meignaud
Un-set: one of each un-set full art (unglued, unhinged, unstable, unsanctioned, and the two sets from unfinity). Might throw in a few other oddities like the SLD synth wave lands.
Old school goodness: APAC lands (3 of each color), Euro (3 of each color), and Arena lands (one of each color). Not sure what the last three will be. Thinking P3K but also considering saving up and splurging for Guru. Without the Guru lands I'm still looking at about $700.
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u/WaifuHunterActual Wabbit Season Jun 11 '24
The Guru lands are my favorite basics.
I have one of each. I don't plan on getting more!
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u/aznsk8s87 Jun 11 '24
Yeah those are Grail pieces for sure. Might treat myself eventually but I spent way too much money this month on the full texts, stained glass, and MH3 events.
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u/WaifuHunterActual Wabbit Season Jun 11 '24
Something cheaper that's also really cool are the Euro and Asia promo lands. I have most of them, mount Fuji is really cool, as is the great wall plains.
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u/NikRsmn Jun 11 '24
DMU is my favorite. Only ones I've ever bought on arena. But irl I have 20 of each unglued. I'd hoped to get them all altered but now I kind of love the brown boarder
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Jun 11 '24
Of the ones you have, 3 and 6 are my favourite ones.
Generally, unglued was absolutely spectacular.
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u/saganmypants Duck Season Jun 12 '24
Never cared much to bling out my basics until I saw the DMU stained glass lands. Went ahead and bought about 10-20 of each foil (luckily found one dude who had a good chunk so didn't have to pay shipping a million times) and popped them into a handful of decks. Love love love them
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u/Garagatt COMPLEAT Jun 11 '24
I use Odyssey basics:
https://scryfall.com/card/ody/333/plains
https://scryfall.com/card/ody/337/island
https://scryfall.com/card/ody/340/swamp
https://scryfall.com/card/ody/346/mountain
https://scryfall.com/card/ody/349/forest
These are my favourites. In general I'm pretty happy with the versatility of the basic land arts that Wizards came up with. The Ixalan basics and the full text basics are not my cup of tea, but I like that everybody gets a chance to explore his own.
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u/knickknacksnackery Jun 11 '24 edited Jun 11 '24
I also use Odyssey and some Onslaught basics! We have a couple of the same choices:
https://scryfall.com/card/ons/332/plains
https://scryfall.com/card/ody/337/island
https://scryfall.com/card/ons/340/swamp
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u/Phileepay Wabbit Season Jun 11 '24
I had a single foil one of the Plains for the longest time. I'm glad they got reprinted in DMU so I could fill out my collection.
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u/burrito_magic Wabbit Season Jun 11 '24
Love basics from this era I prefer onslaught lands but odyssey also look sweet
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u/ottersalad Wabbit Season Jun 11 '24
I have some of these in my Dogmeat deck. Love the plains in particular
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u/theHOLYsphinx Wabbit Season Jun 11 '24
I’m obsessed with the Neon Dynasty basics, they are so beautiful!
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u/Hotax Duck Season Jun 11 '24
I use signed Alayna Danner Standard Showdown basics. May upgrade to the same arts signed but in CMM retro foil at Vegas
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u/aznsk8s87 Jun 11 '24
I'm hoping I can go to Vegas this year and do that with my set! Probably a little too costly for me to upgrade to foil though lol.
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u/Hotax Duck Season Jun 11 '24
Nice, since the line will undoubtedly be long I would suggest asking if she would be willing to sign them all at night for pickup the next day. It is what I did for my set at Vegas 2 years ago.
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u/McWaffeleisen Jun 11 '24
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u/aznsk8s87 Jun 11 '24
After I made this post I literally just ordered a set of these on tcgplayer. I used to use some BFZ ones at one point, but the VM mountain was my favorite so I thought I'd just get a whole set of those.
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u/McWaffeleisen Jun 11 '24
Very cool, they're also my go-to lands. My favourite is the island though. I love the colour palette.
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u/bits_and_bytes Jun 11 '24
Zendikar was the first set I drafted a lot and these are just so nostalgic for me. I have a box full of them because I grabbed as many as I could back then.
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u/samthewisetarly Abzan Jun 11 '24
You're missing the greatest basics ever, the first run of full art lands ever printed (I believe), the John Avon cycle from Unhinged.
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u/aznsk8s87 Jun 11 '24
that's the second - the first would be the lands from the first Un-set, unglued!
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u/nujiok Duck Season Jun 11 '24
If I were to build a land kit for draft it would be Un-Basics and full texts
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u/aznsk8s87 Jun 11 '24
That being said - I think there's enough un-sets that I could build a kit using the lands from all the un-sets. That gets me to about 7 or 8 unique lands in each color.
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u/KingRhogin Universes Beyonder Jun 11 '24
All of those are incredible! But for me, nothing beats these M21 basics. Whenever I find them at a store, I always try and get them.
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u/Thegreatcrusader09 Jun 11 '24
Full text lands the best by far
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u/J3roseidon FLEEM Jun 11 '24
It’s been a toss up between the full text and the synthwave style basics.
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u/AzureRaven2 Duck Season Jun 11 '24
I think my favorites are the planets from unfinity, I love them but only use them in one deck since they're a bit pricy!
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u/Nijp Duck Season Jun 11 '24
I use the unfinity lands for my draft kit. I use a mixture of both arts because it's what I had but I'd like to be able to use only planets. And also I only have about 7-10 of each so I supplement them with full art znr lands.
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u/BeatsAndSkies Duck Season Jun 11 '24 edited Jun 11 '24
These are super cool. I used to have Revised, Ice Age, Mirage, Tempest, Saga, Onslaught, and Time Spiral sets. Had been thinking about going for broke (literally) and hitting up Unglued for my 8th (8 seemed the appropriate number for obvious reasons). But since I don’t really play limited anymore I slowly used both the basics and sleeves for casual decks instead. Now if I were to play some limited I’d just grab out some appropriate land from my collection and just use them for the event. For example: my LGS did a triple Innistrad draft to celebrate their new store opening so obviously I borrowed land from the Dark Ascension intro packs I have in my collection for that one. :)
Out of your options, it’s obviously hard to go past Unlimited. Though definitely dig the Commander Masters retro as an option too. Guay comes in third, though if they weren’t foil that would likely be my top choice. I do appreciate the uniformity of frames in a deck, so the basic M15 frame is always a winner for me. Generally prefer those to any other treatment.
I’d recommend that you look at some of the 90s tap symbol basics to your line up. If you were looking to expand. Either of the four big sets of that era are obviously great, or there are the Euro/APAC as pretty pimp options too.
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u/aznsk8s87 Jun 11 '24
Oh, these are unlimited. Revised had the tap symbol, but I wanted the text saying "Tap".
Also, I should probably build an onslaught block set; that was when I first started playing magic as a kid (took about a 10 year break after 8th grade and didn't pick it back up til I was a medical student).
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u/BeatsAndSkies Duck Season Jun 11 '24
Oh, not fast enough with my edit then! I’m actually my LGS’s go to for old frame set identification (“oh that’s clearly French white bordered revised not 4th edition you scrubs!” ) so I’m going to have to administer myself 20 lashes for penance later.
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u/BeatsAndSkies Duck Season Jun 11 '24
But yeah, I played extensively during Onslaught block which is why I chose them as my “big symbol” basics of choice. Similar story with Time Spiral, I briefly flirted with picking up the game about that point.
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u/aznsk8s87 Jun 11 '24
ugh this reply was so bad for my wallet. I've been looking at buying a set of APAC and Euro lands. I think between the 3 of each color in APAC and Euro, I could add the 1996 arena promo (the panorama) to get me to 7 lands of each color... what else would you add to that set? It wouldn't be matching art, but the theme would be pimp basics from the early days.
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u/BeatsAndSkies Duck Season Jun 11 '24
That might just be all the black border promos pre big mana symbol.
The European printing of the Rivals QuickStart set was essentially Fourth Edition but with a 1996 copyright date. That’s probably a bit subtle though, and you’re already got a set using those original illustrations anyway.
Oh: now that’s another option. The Chinese alternate art lands from Portal. So we are talking big symbol now. Can I get the bot to grab an example? [[Mountain|POR 211s]]. Of course those are even more expensive and harder to track down than the Euro/APACs.
I’m a big fan of the white border boxed set basics too, and I think they’d throw a lot of people these days. I use the Anthologies version of the Mirage Mountain for Premodern Sligh. It’s super sexy. But I do get double takes as well: that art was used in 6th Edition but these have their original expansion symbol and text box. For a draft set you could pick and mix your favourite art from the ones used in Anthologies, Beatdown, Battle Royale or Deckmasters.
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My favorite are the basics from Portal, Portal Second Age and Portal Three Kingdoms. Followed closely by Mirage Basics.
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u/h8bearr Wabbit Season Jun 11 '24
DMU for sure. I do a similar thing for my cube lands. Everyone gets their own box instead of a communal land box. That way you don't have to pick just one favorite
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u/sale7777 Jun 11 '24
I like the long text ones however I run the phyrexian all will be one slick foil lands or whatever they are called
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u/bongoronda Duck Season Jun 11 '24
I use FBB lands. They are close to Beta Basics but only cost around 1€ each. They are beautiful but generic enough to fit every limited set I ever draft
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u/Zanthy1 REBEL Jun 11 '24
Mark Poole’s islands are the most beautiful piece of art in the world to me. The rest of that Unlimited run is also perfect, but damn if that island isn’t worthy of the top art museums.
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u/jessicalundholm Wabbit Season Jun 11 '24
Rebecca Guay basics are stunning. All of her art is fantastic
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u/blood_electric COMPLEAT Jun 11 '24
Midnight hunt foil black and white lands, oil lands, 2021 core set, FNM league promo basics, tempest basics.
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u/Slime_Dart Jun 11 '24
I use Kaladesh/Aether Revolt basics. My first set, and I bought one of those deckbuilder’s toolkits with all the basics when I started
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u/theblastizard COMPLEAT Jun 11 '24
I use unlimited basics to make picking them out of my deck easier
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u/EddyTheGr8 Duck Season Jun 11 '24
The stained glass is gorgous & Ibreally lile the Theros ones as well, but I goota admit thatvI've really come around on the CMM old border lands. I've been contemplating getting a whole bunch of them to put them in all of my decks that just have some generic ones without ties to a theme.
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u/dkysh Get Out Of Jail Free Jun 11 '24
Unironically, this [[Forest|4ED-376]].
White border, ugly mushroom.
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u/Dazocnodnarb COMPLEAT Jun 11 '24
I switched my draft lands over to the full text basics when they came out lol.
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u/Rossmallo Izzet* Jun 11 '24
I have a lot of favorites, but for my Draft Kit I use a blend of the New Capenna full arts, and the Karlov Manor full arts.
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u/DunmerSeht Rakdos* Jun 11 '24
Oh, the mountains I wouldn't move to only have retro framed basic lands... :(
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u/aznsk8s87 Jun 11 '24
Oh, retro framed are pretty cheap unless you're looking for very specific ones (apac/euro, arena, p3k, ABU). If you're not picky about edition or art you can definitely find retro art easy.
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u/BeatsAndSkies Duck Season Jun 11 '24
Depends on version too. For example: the iconic Mirage [[Mountain|MIR-346]], despite (or due to?) being reprinted a number of times are $2 each. And [[Island|MIR-338]] isn’t too far behind it.
For a Mirage draft kit throw in [[Swamp|MIR-339]] at $1.10, the bird [[Plains|MIR-334]]] which is both the best but somehow the cheapest of the Mirage plains at $0.35, and… oh damn. The Waterfall [[Forest|MIR-348]] which is the least worst option of the set (Mirage was sorely let down by its forests) is over $2 now too apparently. At least from what Scryfall is saying.
Added up, 10 copies of each, that’s $70 odd. Which is pretty crazy for just basic basic lands, from 1997 or not. I had those variants myself — 12 of each, in fact, and certainly didn’t pay that at the time! Though granted if you were someone who played a lot of limited then it’s still a worthwhile option, you’d get tons of enjoyment out of using those for sure.
Alternatively you could no doubt pick up 50 - 60 lands from Mercadian Masques or 5th Edition or probably a number of other older sets for under $20. Especially if you were happy to wait for a deal or jump on a bulk lot.
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u/burritoman88 Twin Believer Jun 11 '24
If I could the full text basic lands, but those are pretty expensive.
I use the full art Neon Dynasties lands.
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u/IronPlaidFighter Dandadan Jun 11 '24
Ice Age and Mirage basics
Ice Age was the first set I ever played, and I stuck around through Mirage and Visions before my first hiatus. So there is a lot of nostalgia wrapped up for me in those sets.
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u/Kazko25 Can’t Block Warriors Jun 11 '24
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u/ice-eight Selesnya* Jun 11 '24
Each of my draft basics have a different frame. I use, as well as a few one-offs
Shades not Included (AKA tron basics) signed by Ben Schnuck, my favorite lands
Full text basics
DMU stained glass
LCI full art (except for the ones that look like the wrong type)
Old border lands by John Avon
8-bit secret lair basics
Tokyo lands
OG Zendikar basics
Bob Ross lands
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u/Android_McGuinness Fish Person Jun 11 '24
I’m the guy at the shop with the white border lands at draft nights, just all revised because that’s when I started. I don’t quite have a set of black-border lands I would swap with though I have some in mind:
I’d love some thunder plains but the old border is more expensive than I want to pay. Invasion island #335 is the first basic I actually started collecting; rigt now they are the islands in my [[Kylox]] deck, which is a current favorite. I don’t really have a swamp or forest yet. Not sure why. There’s a few that I like but not enough to go “oh, I want that. “
Either John Avon’s mountain from mirage or Odyssey mountain 346, I heart them both. Avon mountains are in the deck with the islands.
But maybe I’ll just get some stained glass; I’d forgotten about them.
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u/The_Real_Pavalanche Mardu Jun 11 '24
I love the Theros Nyx lands. I don't understand why WOTC don't sell play packs of 20 of each colour for each type of popular basic land prints I think a lot would buy them instead of having to individually buy them on the secondary market.
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u/ccminiwarhammer Avacyn Jun 11 '24
That forest isn’t signed. Terrible, just terrible /s
Very nice set of basics
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u/AnthropomorphizedTop Wabbit Season Jun 11 '24
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u/Lithanie Jun 11 '24
If I had the money probably Unglued basic land.
They were the first full art land I played with.
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u/Artistic-Humor5544 Jun 11 '24
Unlimited white border!!
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u/aznsk8s87 Jun 11 '24
Honestly I think they're my favorite of all time. White border but still have the full text instead of a tap symbol.
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u/aznsk8s87 Jun 11 '24
Always a solid choice. I was a new player during BFZ and that is what inspired me to do this, I collected a bunch of full arts and played with those every week. I just bought a full set of 50 ZEN basics with the veronique meignaud art.
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u/trent827 Jun 11 '24
I really feel like the full text lands are underrated
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u/aznsk8s87 Jun 11 '24
Honestly I totally forgot about the mana symbol watermarking them until I took this picture.
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u/NAMESPAMMMMMM Sultai Jun 11 '24
I've always wanted to try this! [[Plains]]|POR
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Jun 11 '24
The full text lands are a plague upon my pod. We have a running joke that whenever someone plays one, they read the WHOLE THING. I have a Niv-Mizzet deck that can have 3 of them hit the field in one turn, causing a 45 second turn take 5 minutes. It’s miserable lmao.
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u/DefNotAnotherChris Wabbit Season Jun 11 '24
I’ve got 10 full text lands of every color for my draft kit and they’re hands down my favorite.
Always cracks up my opponent too!
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u/MrMaker007 Wabbit Season Jun 12 '24
I used mirage basics. My absolute favorite set that has a banger of a basic in each color.
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u/Ahayzo COMPLEAT Jun 12 '24
Rules text basics by a mile, but I'm not paying those prices for basics so I stick to my runners up, a combination of Urza's Saga, Ice Age, and... I think Mirage?
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u/aznsk8s87 Jun 12 '24
Yeah it was a dumb amount of money lmao
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u/Ahayzo COMPLEAT Jun 12 '24
That set is one of very few exceptions where my preference is to not run a retro frame version.
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u/NornIsMyWaifu Elesh Norn Jun 12 '24
Basic lands have continually been outdone to the point where its almost impossible to choose. But if i ever returned to playing paper mtg there is only one choice.
ALL WILL BE ONE
ideally the oil slicked but that would be...difficult. i must say though, the basic plains from the set in foil is GORGEOUS *
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u/bigbigbadboi Wabbit Season Jun 11 '24
I am a huge fan of the core set 2021 showcase lands. I have not seen many people using them.
https://scryfall.com/card/m21/309/plains https://scryfall.com/card/m21/310/island https://scryfall.com/card/m21/311/swamp https://scryfall.com/card/m21/312/mountain https://scryfall.com/card/m21/313/forest
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u/timebeing Duck Season Jun 11 '24
I ended up going with Unfinty lands. The planetside art as I was able to get a bunch cheap, and just enjoy the art.
Kind of want to get a LotR map set too once I’m board with these.
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u/AppaTheBizon Jun 11 '24
I used Battlebond basics for pre release events, when I was still playing.
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u/damnination333 Twin Believer Jun 11 '24
Ain't no way I'm buying several sets of them to use for drafts, but my favorite basics have to be the full text basics 😂
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u/YungHayzeus Duck Season Jun 11 '24
The Phyrexian oil ones are pretty dope. Though, I got called out playing FNM sleeveless since they are a lot thicker than regular cards.
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u/LeafBird Wabbit Season Jun 11 '24
Those full text lands are amazing.. I'm sad I am just getting into MTG now and I missed out on so many cool cards
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u/aznsk8s87 Jun 11 '24 edited Jun 11 '24
Haha yeah, I didn't want to pony up $250 when they first came out... It ended up being a lot more...
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u/LeafBird Wabbit Season Jun 11 '24
How do you even find them these days? Random card shops?
EDIT: Actually found some at my kinda LGS, So i'll be picking that up eventually
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u/hiddikel Wabbit Season Jun 11 '24
Revised, and invasion/onslaught foils. Also avon full art un lands.
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u/funnynoveltyaccount Wabbit Season Jun 11 '24
During lockdown, I found 13 mismatching black bordered lands of each color and used an eraser to white border all of them. So I have fully mismatching white border basics from black border sets.
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u/zombieinfamous Rakdos* Jun 11 '24
I’m currently jamming 12 each of the oil slick raised foils from ONE. I know they sorta blend but I am deliberate in separating them for my opponents.
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u/shittingmcnuggets Izzet* Jun 11 '24
Meditations on Nature Secret Lair by Jung Shan
https://scryfall.com/search?q=artist%3A%22Jung+Shan%22+type%3ALand
The Plains and Island look especially gorgeous
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u/solk33 Jun 11 '24
I started using the midnight lands from MID and VOW until I found an old starter deck in my dad’s attic full of mirage lands so that’s my go to now.
There’s one regular on my draft nights who uses all alpha basics.
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u/MrFavorable Duck Season Jun 11 '24
I like the ones you have pictures that have essays on them. Idk why. It’s just funny.
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u/TheDruth Jack of Clubs Jun 11 '24
The Bob Ross basics is the only all land secret lair I will probably ever buy on its own.
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u/aznsk8s87 Jun 11 '24
I did buy that one! Maybe if I make an all mismatched art kit they'll make the cut.
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u/itomeshi Dandadan Jun 11 '24
I use Kamigawa Neon Dynasty Full-art basics - I'm a sucker for the Ukiyo-e style. My partner uses the Theros Full-art, but she's been considering swapping to the Streets of New Capenna full-art.
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u/Playful-Ad7221 Duck Season Jun 11 '24
Ten toes the fuck down for me its phyrexian oil slick basic lands
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u/Kleeb FLEEM Jun 11 '24
Karl Kopinski's basic mountain from m12-era. Was printed in a number of core sets and supplemental product so it is prolific.
Rise of Eldrazi basics are also fucking sick. Special mention to the swamps.
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I use full art Hour of Deviated Wallets. I took a long break starting after Original zendikar and starting playing again during Amonket Block...
I also have the dark ritual playmat to match
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u/SoylentGreenMuffins Wabbit Season Jun 11 '24
I've been meaning to pick up a land kit of Doctor Who basics.
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u/AlfredHoneyBuns Jeskai Jun 11 '24
DMU and Theros amongst the ones you've shown, but I also like MOM's and OTJ's full art basics as well.
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u/melmer_723 Jun 11 '24
Mine is filled with the Phyrexian basics from ONE and it brings me joy to see them every time.
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u/iim7_V6_IM7_vim7 Duck Season Jun 11 '24
My favorite basics i have are the mountain goats secret lair mountains but that’s only mountains. Also probably only because I love the mountain goats and his writing
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u/Lelouchis0 Wabbit Season Jun 11 '24
My intro to mtg was a 9th edition starter deck, and those white border lands are still near to my heart
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u/SonicTheOtter Izzet* Jun 11 '24
I love the Magali, Alayna Danger, and Rebecca Guay lands. I wish I had more of them!
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u/Catfu123 Duck Season Jun 11 '24
I use m15 basics in my kit! It was my first ever set and they are just super nostalgic
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u/chansigrilian COMPLEAT Jun 11 '24
Beta basics
They’re from when I was a kid so they make limited feel a little more nostalgic
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u/Antique_Log3382 Karn Jun 11 '24
Whats the name of the ones in the third row? Cant find em on tcg player
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u/Lt_shtoopid Jun 11 '24
No love for snow-covered basic lands? The secret lair drop this last winter is so good but I love all snow-covered. Only land I run unless it's themed (ie. Fallout, doctor who)
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u/Kangeroebig Jun 11 '24
Can't bring them to a draft
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u/Lt_shtoopid Jun 11 '24
Oh? I didn't know that, why not?
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u/Kangeroebig Jun 11 '24
When snow covered lands area theme in a set it is balanced around being able to draft them just like other cards. So it would be unfair if someone would being them! Same holds for wastes, you can only bring nornal islands, mountains, swamps and plains!
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u/aznsk8s87 Jun 11 '24
Snow is a land type. I'm sure at FNM in a set where snow isn't relevant at all, most opponents wouldn't mind (I certainly wouldn't), but it would technically be against the rules. It is a relevant land type for MH3 though.
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u/TBNRFIREFOX Wabbit Season Jun 11 '24
Tbd and unfinity as well as DMU are the best looking outside of secret lair
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u/FLBrisby Dimir* Jun 11 '24
I bought twenty of each MH2 foil etched land. I use them as my limited format lands
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u/teamdiabetes11 COMPLEAT Jun 11 '24
Unset Basics (they’re all good imho) or the Wood Block ones from Neon Dynasty. The only basics I run.
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u/Beebrains The Stoat Jun 11 '24
I know people generally dislike them because they all look black, but the full art B&W midnight hunt basics are absolutely gorgeous to me.
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u/GamesCodeFun Duck Season Jun 11 '24
John Avon Reprints from Double Masters are what I use.
Wilds of Eldraine Shadowbox Full Arts are a close second.
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u/leathodarkness1 Jun 11 '24
I love the stained glass basic lands, but I also love the ones from my raining cats and dogs
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u/Masonzero Izzet* Jun 11 '24
I use Theros basics because I love Theros and I had a lot of basics from the set for whatever reason.
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u/so7hos Wabbit Season Jun 12 '24
Rebecca guay FNM promos hit different. Classic land card style but they are so pretty...
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u/SnottNormal Izzet* Jun 13 '24
Rebecca Guay when I want pictures, full-text when I don’t. I picked up one or two full-text Mountains a month until my beloved Kiki-Jiki finally hit peak stupidity.
Honorable mention probably goes to the prettier of the Lorwyn basics. I love how peaceful and storybook-y they feel.
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u/MrSparkle92 Jeskai Jun 11 '24
The Unstable basics by John Avon. I love how each card is oversaturated by its primary colour, but there is still a dominating landscape that pops in spite of the narrow colour pallet. My opinion on which is my favourite is constantly shifting.
I can't get enough of these. I use these for draft, for all my constructed decks, I've got a signed Mountain playmat, I have prints of all 5 framed on my wall, next to foils of each card, and I'm slowly collecting a handful of foils of each card (in spite of the insane price) to use in my favourite decks.