Breeding Pool
Star Trek 279 • rare
- Set
- Star Trek
- Collector number
- 279
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Land
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Cliff Nielsen
What it does
(tap: Add green mana or blue mana.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
In the milky pools permeating the caves of Mak'ala, Trill symbionts await their new lives.
Where you can play it
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Breeding Pool was released as part of the Dissension set in 2006, serving as the final installment of the original Ravnica block for Magic: The Gathering. This land card was designed to represent the Simic Combine, a faction defined by their biological experimentation and evolution. Mechanically, it functions as a shock land, allowing players to pay two life to have the land enter the battlefield untapped, a design choice intended to balance powerful mana access with a tangible drawback during the high-speed gameplay of the era.
The illustration was created by artist Heather Hudson, who utilized a distinct organic aesthetic to depict the watery, subterranean depths of the Simic guildhall. Hudson’s work aimed to evoke a sense of controlled growth and aquatic mystery, consistent with the set's themes of nature merged with artifice. Upon its release, the card was widely received by competitive players as a staple for multicolored decks, cementing its status as a foundational element of Modern and Commander formats over the following two decades.
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