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'''Pain lands''' is the term that refers to the lands first printed in ''[[Ice Age]]'' and ''[[Apocalypse]]'' that provide two different colors of [[mana]], but you take a point of "pain" damage every time you tap them for a color. They can also be tapped for [[colorless]] mana without taking damage. They are as follows:
'''Pain lands''' is the term that refers to the lands first printed in ''[[Ice Age]]'' and ''[[Apocalypse]]'' that provide two different colors of [[mana]]. You take a point of "pain" damage every time you tap them for a color. They can also be tapped for [[colorless]] mana without taking damage.


==Ice Age/Apocalypse pain lands==
The lands providing allied colors were printed originally in ''Ice Age'', those providing enemy colors in ''Apocalypse''. The former were reprinted in ''[[5th Edition]]'', ''[[6th Edition]]'', and ''[[7th Edition]]''. The complete cycle of ten lands were reprinted in ''[[9th Edition]]'' and ''[[10th Edition]]''.
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*<c>Adarkar Wastes</c> ({{W}}/{{U}})
*<c>Adarkar Wastes</c> ({{W}}/{{U}})
*<c>Brushland</c> ({{W}}/{{G}})
*<c>Underground River</c> ({{U}}/{{B}})
*<c>Sulfurous Springs</c> ({{B}}/{{R}})
*<c>Karplusan Forest</c> ({{R}}/{{G}})
*<c>Karplusan Forest</c> ({{R}}/{{G}})
*<c>Sulfurous Springs</c> ({{B}}/{{R}})
*<c>Brushland</c> ({{G}}/{{W}})
*<c>Underground River</c> ({{U}}/{{B}})
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*<c>Battlefield Forge</c> ({{W}}/{{R}})
*<c>Caves of Koilos</c> ({{W}}/{{B}})
*<c>Caves of Koilos</c> ({{W}}/{{B}})
*<c>Shivan Reef</c> ({{U}}/{{R}})
*<c>Llanowar Wastes</c> ({{B}}/{{G}})
*<c>Llanowar Wastes</c> ({{B}}/{{G}})
*<c>Shivan Reef</c> ({{U}}/{{R}})
*<c>Battlefield Forge</c> ({{R}}/{{W}})
*<c>Yavimaya Coast</c> ({{U}}/{{G}})
*<c>Yavimaya Coast</c> ({{G}}/{{U}})
 
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The lands providing allied colors are originally in ''Ice Age''; those providing enemy colors from ''Apocalypse''. The former were reprinted in ''[[5th Edition]]'', ''[[6th Edition]]'', and ''[[7th Edition]]'', and all ten were printed in ''[[9th Edition]]'' and ''[[10th Edition]]''.


The ''[[Future Sight]]'' land <c>Horizon Canopy</c> ({{G}}/{{W}}) has some similarity to the pain lands, but trades away the ability to tap for colorless mana for the ability to sacrifice it and draw a card. The ''[[Morningtide]]'' [[taplands|tapland]] <c>Murmuring Bosk</c> ({{W}}/{{B}}) is a Forest, it can be tapped for {{G}} (instead of colorless mana) without taking damage.
==Tempest pain lands==
 
There is a cycle of five lesser-known pain lands from ''[[Tempest]]''. These come into play tapped.
==Tempest painlands==
There are also a set of five lesser-known painlands from ''[[Tempest]]''. They are enemy-coloured, and come into play tapped, making them worse than the enemy-coloured painlands of ''Apocalypse''. They are as follows:
*<c>Salt Flats</c> ({{W}}/{{B}})
*<c>Salt Flats</c> ({{W}}/{{B}})
*<c>Caldera Lake</c> ({{U}}/{{R}})
*<c>Pine Barrens</c> ({{B}}/{{G}})
*<c>Pine Barrens</c> ({{B}}/{{G}})
*<c>Scabland</c> ({{R}}/{{W}})
*<c>Skyshroud Forest</c> ({{G}}/{{U}})
*<c>Skyshroud Forest</c> ({{G}}/{{U}})
*<c>Caldera Lake</c> ({{U}}/{{R}})
*<c>Scabland</c> ({{R}}/{{W}})


==Mirrodin talismans==
==Mirrodin talismans==
In ''[[Mirrodin]]'', five "talisman" artifacts were printed that resemble the original painlands from ''[[Ice Age]]''. They are:
In ''[[Mirrodin]]'', five artifacts were printed that resemble the original pain lands from ''[[Ice Age]]''. They are:
*<c>Talisman of Progress</c> ({{W}}/{{U}})
*<c>Talisman of Dominance</c> ({{U}}/{{B}})
*<c>Talisman of Indulgence</c> ({{B}}/{{R}})
*<c>Talisman of Impulse</c> ({{R}}/{{G}})
*<c>Talisman of Unity</c> ({{G}}/{{W}})


*<c>Talisman of Dominance</c> {{-}} like '''Underground River'''
==Odyssey pain lands==
*<c>Talisman of Impulse</c> {{-}} like '''Karplusan Forest'''
''[[Odyssey]]'' had a cycle of monocolored pain lands with a [[threshold]] ability. They can only be used for their colored mana or be sacrficed for their threshold effect.
*<c>Talisman of Indulgence</c> {{-}} like '''Sulfurous Springs'''
*<c>Nomad Stadium</c> ({{W}})
*<c>Talisman of Progress</c> {{-}} like '''Adarkar Wastes'''
*<c>Cephalid Coliseum</c> ({{U}})
*<c>Talisman of Unity</c> {{-}} like '''Brushland'''
*<c>Cabal Pit</c> ({{B}})
*<c>Barbarian Ring</c> ({{R}})
*<c>Centaur Garden</c> ({{G}})


==See also==
==Other pain lands==
===Other Pain-type lands===
*<c>Ancient Tomb</c> can only be tapped for {{2}} for two damage.
*[[City of Brass]]
*[[City of Brass]] and <c>Mana Confluence</c> can only be tapped for any color for 1 damage.
*<c>Ancient Tomb</c>
*[[Grand Coliseum]] and <c>Tarnished Citadel</c> can be tapped for colorless mana, or for 1 and 3 damage respectively for mana of any color.
*[[Grand Coliseum]]
*<c>Horizon Canopy</c> ({{G}}/{{W}}) can't tap for colorless, instead it can be sacrificed to draw a card.
*<c>Tarnished Citadel</c>
*<c>Murmuring Bosk</c> ({{W}}/{{B}}) has the basic land type [[Forest]]. It can be tapped for {{G}} (instead of colorless mana) without taking damage.
*''[[Odyssey]]'' [[threshold]] lands: <c>Nomad Stadium</c>, <c>Cephalid Coliseum</c>, <c>Cabal Pit</c>, <c>Barbarian Ring</c> and <c>Centaur Garden</c>
*<c>Mana Confluence</c>


==External links==
==External links==

Revision as of 16:50, 23 June 2014

Pain lands is the term that refers to the lands first printed in Ice Age and Apocalypse that provide two different colors of mana. You take a point of "pain" damage every time you tap them for a color. They can also be tapped for colorless mana without taking damage.

Ice Age/Apocalypse pain lands

The lands providing allied colors were printed originally in Ice Age, those providing enemy colors in Apocalypse. The former were reprinted in 5th Edition, 6th Edition, and 7th Edition. The complete cycle of ten lands were reprinted in 9th Edition and 10th Edition.

Tempest pain lands

There is a cycle of five lesser-known pain lands from Tempest. These come into play tapped.

Mirrodin talismans

In Mirrodin, five artifacts were printed that resemble the original pain lands from Ice Age. They are:

Odyssey pain lands

Odyssey had a cycle of monocolored pain lands with a threshold ability. They can only be used for their colored mana or be sacrficed for their threshold effect.

Other pain lands

External links

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