Ancient Tomb
Zendikar Expeditions 36 • mythic
- Set
- Zendikar Expeditions
- Collector number
- 36
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Type
- Land
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Howard Lyon
- Finish
- Foil
- Market price
- $374.55
What it does
tap: Add colorless mana colorless mana. This land deals 2 damage to you.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlBanned
- HistoricBanned
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Ancient Tomb card was originally released in the 1997 Tempest set, designed to provide players with powerful mana acceleration at the cost of life. It quickly became a staple in eternal formats for its ability to ramp spells out rapidly. Its inclusion in the 2015 Zendikar Expeditions series marked a significant shift in Magic: The Gathering's premium aesthetic, presenting the card as a Masterpiece series foil with unique, full-art borderless framing.
Artist Howard Lyon was commissioned to reimagine the card for the Zendikar Expeditions release, focusing on the treacherous, treasure-filled landscapes that defined the Zendikar plane. His work emphasizes the monumental scale of ancient ruins, aiming to evoke the sense of discovery and high-stakes adventure inherent to the game's lore. The series was met with immense enthusiasm by the collector community, establishing a new tier of premium, serialized-adjacent card variants that would influence subsequent set designs.
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