Bayou
Intl. Collectors' Edition 279 • rare
- Set
- Intl. Collectors' Edition
- Collector number
- 279
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Land
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Jesper Myrfors
- Market price
- €170.81
What it does
(tap: Add black mana or green 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
Bayou was originally released as part of the Magic: The Gathering Alpha set in 1993, representing one of the ten iconic 'dual lands' that provide players with access to two different colors of mana. These cards were designed to be foundational pillars of deck construction, allowing for versatile mana bases that define the game's competitive history. The International Collectors' Edition (CE) was released in 1993 as a non-tournament-legal promotional set intended to showcase the game's art and design to a broader international audience.
The art for Bayou was created by Christopher Rush, one of the game's earliest and most influential contributors. Rush utilized a distinctive, painterly style that helped establish the dark, high-fantasy aesthetic of the early sets. The International Collectors' Edition version of the card is easily distinguished by its gold-bordered back, which was specifically implemented to ensure the cards could not be used in sanctioned tournament play, preserving the secondary market integrity of the standard black-bordered equivalents.
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