Forbidden Orchard
Commander 2016 296 • rare
- Set
- Commander 2016
- Collector number
- 296
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Land
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Daniel Ljunggren
- Market price
- $10.09
What it does
tap: Add one mana of any color.
Whenever you tap this land for mana, target opponent creates a 1/1 colorless Spirit creature token.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Forbidden Orchard was originally introduced in the Champions of Kamigawa expansion in 2004, designed by the Magic: The Gathering development team as a versatile mana-fixing land with a strategic drawback. The card forces its controller to give an opponent a 1/1 Spirit token whenever the land is tapped for mana, a design choice intended to balance its ability to produce any color of mana by introducing a meaningful cost that rewards opponents with board presence.
The Commander 2016 printing, numbered 296, features the classic illustration by Stephan Martiniere. His artwork captures the surreal, eerie aesthetic of the Kamigawa plane, depicting a distorted, otherworldly grove that fits the card’s identity as a source of power tainted by a negative consequence. This specific version remains a staple in the Commander format, favored by players for its efficiency in multi-colored decks where the gift of a token is often negligible compared to the utility of flexible mana.
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