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**As of now, no cycles for any of the other basic land types has been printed.
**As of now, no cycles for any of the other basic land types has been printed.
*They are also the only [[uncommon]] dual lands with the potential to produce colored mana without any delay, as opposed to cycles like [[slow land]]s or [[Storage land|storage duals]].
*They are also the only [[uncommon]] dual lands with the potential to produce colored mana without any delay, as opposed to cycles like [[slow land]]s or [[Storage land|storage duals]].
*The artwork of each tainted land is based on that of a respective basic land from ''[[Odyssey]]'', representing a darker version of the original. Specifically, <c>Tainted Field</c> matches [http://magiccards.info/od/en/332.html Plains-332], <c>Tainted Isle</c> matches [http://magiccards.info/od/en/335.html Island-335], <c>Tainted Peak</c> matches [http://magiccards.info/od/en/346.html Moutain-346], and <c>Tainted Wood</c> matches [http://magiccards.info/od/en/348.html Forest-348].<ref name="tainted" />
*The artwork of each tainted land is based on that of a respective basic land from ''[[Odyssey]]'', representing a darker version of the original.  
**<c>Tainted Field</c> matches {{cardlink|Plains|Odyssey|#=332}}
**<c>Tainted Isle</c> matches {{cardlink|Island|Odyssey|#=335}}
**<c>Tainted Peak</c> matches {{cardlink|Moutain|Odyssey|#=346}}
**<c>Tainted Wood</c> matches {{cardlink|Forest|Odyssey|#=348}}<ref name="tainted" />


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 00:42, 11 October 2018

The original cycle of tainted lands as it was first printed in Torment.

Tainted lands are a 4-card cycle of dual lands.[1][2]

They tap for one colorless mana. If the player controls a Swamp, they can also tap for either {B} or a second color that depends on the individual card.

Example

History

Tainted lands were introduced early 2002 in Torment as part of its "swamp reward" theme, as this set was specifically centered around black.

Aside from Tainted Peak, each card has since been reprinted in a special set: Tainted Isle in Planechase 2012, Tainted Field in Sorin vs. Tibalt and Tainted Wood in Jace vs. Vraska. Both Tainted Field and Tainted Wood also got reprinted with new frame in Commander 2015.

List of tainted lands

Notes

  • Tainted lands work with nonbasic lands that have the swamp subtype, like Leechridden Swamp or Watery Grave.
  • Check lands are another cycle of lands that provide an upside if the player controls a land of a particular type. They enter the battlefield untapped if the condition is met.

Trivia

References