Contaminated Ground
Rise of the Eldrazi 102 • common
- Set
- Rise of the Eldrazi
- Collector number
- 102
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Rob Alexander
- Market price
- $0.26
What it does
Enchant land
Enchanted land is a Swamp.
Whenever enchanted land becomes tapped, its controller loses 2 life.
"The Na Plateau is lost. Do not ask what happened, and never return there."— Nirthu, lone missionary
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Contaminated Ground was released in April 2010 as part of the Rise of the Eldrazi expansion for Magic: The Gathering. As the third set in the Zendikar block, it shifted the game's focus from land-based exploration to an apocalyptic survival scenario, centered on the release of the plane-consuming Eldrazi titans. This enchantment was designed to reflect the set's core theme of land corruption, visually and mechanically representing how the encroaching entities warped the natural world.
The card features illustration by Kev Walker, a prolific and long-standing contributor to the game's aesthetic. Walker’s art often employs a distinct, gritty style that emphasizes the darker, more unsettling aspects of fantasy landscapes. In this instance, his design captures the visual transformation of the terrain, contributing to the set's overarching narrative of a world losing its structural integrity to an otherworldly threat.
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