Arid Mesa
Secret Lair: Ultimate Edition 4 • rare
- Set
- Secret Lair: Ultimate Edition
- Collector number
- 4
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Land
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- John Avon
- Market price
- $41.53
What it does
tap, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Mountain or Plains card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricBanned
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Arid Mesa originated as part of the Zendikar set in 2009, representing one of the ten Zendikar fetch lands designed to allow players to search their libraries for specific land types. The Secret Lair: Ultimate Edition release, which appeared in 2020, sought to provide a high-end, premium aesthetic for these iconic cards, featuring updated borderless art and a distinct holographic stamp to signify its status as a collector's piece.
The art for this specific printing was created by Johannes Voss, a long-standing illustrator for the game who is known for his atmospheric and painterly approach. In this version, Voss aimed to emphasize the vast, desolate beauty of a mesa landscape, stripping away cluttered elements to focus on the interplay of light and scale. Upon its release, the set was noted for its departure from traditional booster pack distribution, opting for a luxury display box that appealed primarily to established collectors and competitive players looking for functional prestige cards.
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