Badlands
Limited Edition Beta 278 • rare
- Set
- Limited Edition Beta
- Collector number
- 278
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Land
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Rob Alexander
- Market price
- $2,499.99
What it does
(tap: Add black mana or red mana.)
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Badlands was originally released in 1993 as part of the Limited Edition Beta set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game, published by Wizards of the Coast. As a 'dual land,' it served a critical mechanical purpose by allowing players to generate either black or red mana, providing essential versatility for deck building in the game's nascent competitive scene. It is one of a cycle of ten lands that define the fundamental mechanics of the game's mana system.
The artwork for Badlands was created by Rob Alexander, an illustrator whose work helped establish the atmospheric and high-fantasy aesthetic of early Magic sets. The design aimed to depict a desolate, volcanic landscape, visually reinforcing the card's color identity of black and red. Upon release, the card was received as a cornerstone of deck consistency, and it remains a significant piece of trading card history due to its inclusion in the Reserved List, which precludes the reprinting of the card in its original functional form.
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