Gemstone Mine
World Championship Decks 1997 js164 • uncommon
- Set
- World Championship Decks 1997
- Collector number
- js164
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Type
- Land
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Brom
- Finish
- Gold
- Market price
- $3.85
What it does
This land enters with three mining counters on it.
tap, Remove a mining counter from this land: Add one mana of any color. If there are no mining counters on this land, sacrifice it.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Gemstone Mine was originally released in the 1997 Mirage expansion, designed to offer players a flexible land source that depleted over time. The version featured in the 1997 World Championship Decks was selected to represent the high-level competitive landscape of that year, where mana fixing was essential for multi-color control decks. These decks were printed as non-tournament-legal reproductions of the specific sixty-card lists used by finalists at the Magic World Championship, serving as a snapshot of the professional meta-game during the late nineties.
The card's striking illustration was provided by the fantasy artist Brom, whose work is known for its moody, ethereal aesthetic and visceral detail. By depicting the mine as a source of literal crystalline power, the art reinforces the card's mechanical identity as a temporary, depleting resource. Upon its release, the card was well-received by players for its efficiency in aggressive and combo-oriented decks, and it remains a staple example of early strategic land design within the game's history.
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