Erosion
Fourth Edition 70 • common
- Set
- Fourth Edition
- Collector number
- 70
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- blue mana blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Pete Venters
- Market price
- $0.09
What it does
Enchant land
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted land's controller, destroy that land unless that player pays 1 generic mana or 1 life.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Erosion was released in 1995 as part of the Fourth Edition core set of Magic: The Gathering. This set marked a significant milestone for Wizards of the Coast, serving as a consolidation of the game's earliest expansions and providing a standardized foundation for the hobby as it gained mainstream momentum. It was designed to maintain the essential mechanics of the game while updating card frames and rotating out cards that had become problematic for balance in the evolving competitive meta.
The card features artwork by Dameon Willich, who was a prominent contributor to the early aesthetic of the game. His illustration for Erosion focuses on a gritty, elemental portrayal of decay, consistent with the thematic goals of the Black color alignment in Magic. While the card is often remembered more for its niche utility and the classic aesthetic of mid-90s trading card design than for widespread tournament play, it remains a nostalgic artifact representing the transition period of the game's early history.
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