Locus
| Locus | |
|---|---|
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| Land Type | |
| (Subtype for land cards) | |
| Storm Scale | 8[1] |
| Statistics |
4 cards
as of Modern Horizons 3 75%  25% |
| Scryfall Search | |
| type:"Locus" | |
Locus is a nonbasic land type used for cards that depict mana rich observing posts on Mirrodin.
Description
The first card to bear the type was Cloudpost in Mirrodin. It adds for each Locus on the battlefield. Because multiple Loci looked inherently broken, R&D was hesitant to create additional ones.[2] Each new Locus would increase the amount of mana generated by Cloudpost. However, with the printing of Glimmerpost in Scars of Mirrodin deckbuilders were gifted a second playset of Loci and, alongside the landcopying Vesuva from Time Spiral could play up to twelve in one deck. [3] While fine for the Extended format, Cloudpost ended up on the Modern banlist on the second round in September 2015, and has stayed there since.
Phyrexia: All Will Be One contained Monument to Perfection, a card that can search for a Locus, but didn't add any new Locus cards.[4][5] However, MH3 Commander added the third Locus with Trenchpost, and also featured Planar Nexus, which is every non-basic land type.
Storyline
Created by Memnarch to observe his imported creatures, they were later taken over by the Praetors of New Phyrexia.
Trivia
- Locus is a land type, not a creature type; changelings are not a Locus and you can't use Conspiracy to make a creature a locus.
- To deliberatly confuse the issue, Locus was used as a creature type on the Mystery Booster test card Swarm of Locus.[6]
- Locus is also a location on Otaria, created by Ixidor
- Planar Nexus has the type from its ability to have all non-basic land types.
See also
References
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (2019-10-03). "storm scale for the locus land type?...". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (October 2003). "Ask Wizards - October 2003". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Bill Stark (September 3, 2011). "Feature: Focus on the Locus". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (January 25, 2023). "Why give us a card that looks for Locus lands if you didn't give us another Locus land in the set?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (January 26, 2023). "Why no new Locus in the latest set?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Eli Shiffrin (November 11, 2019). "Mystery Booster Release Notes". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
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