Pain land

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 latter in Magic 2015 and Magic Origins. The complete cycle of ten lands were reprinted in 9th Edition and 10th Edition.

Adarkar Wastes () Underground River () Sulfurous Springs () Karplusan Forest () Brushland ()

Caves of Koilos () Shivan Reef () Llanowar Wastes () Battlefield Forge () Yavimaya Coast ()

Tempest pain lands

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

• Salt Flats ()
• Caldera Lake ()
• Pine Barrens ()
• Scabland ()
• Skyshroud Forest ()

Mirrodin talismans

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

• Talisman of Progress ()
• Talisman of Dominance ()
• Talisman of Indulgence ()
• Talisman of Impulse ()
• Talisman of Unity ()

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.

• Nomad Stadium ()
• Cephalid Coliseum ()
• Cabal Pit ()
• Barbarian Ring ()
• Centaur Garden ()

Other pain lands

• Ancient Tomb can only be tapped for for 2 damage.
• City of Brass can't tap for colorless, but can produce any color for 1 damage.
• Grand Coliseum and Tarnished Citadel can produce any color for 1 and 3 damage respectively, but can also be tapped for .
• Murmuring Bosk () has the basic land type Forest. It can be tapped for (instead of ) without taking damage.
• Corrupted Crossroads can produce any color for paying 1 life, which can only be spend to cast Devoid spells.

Pay life

Most pain lands deal damage to you when activating. This damage is a separate effect and can be prevented without loosing the mana. However some pain lands require you to pay the life, before getting the mana.

• Mana Confluence can't tap for colorless, but can produce any color for 1 damage.
• Horizon Canopy () can't tap for colorless, instead it can be sacrificed to draw a card.

External links

• Jay Moldenhauer-Salazar (August 29, 2005). "Interlude: Investing in Real Estate". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
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