Ghost Quarter
The List DIS-173 • uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Collector number
- DIS-173
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Type
- Land
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Heather Hudson
- Market price
- $0.51
What it does
tap: Add colorless mana.
tap, Sacrifice this land: Destroy target land. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Where wasted life cries out to be reborn.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Ghost Quarter first appeared in the 2006 Magic: The Gathering expansion Guildpact, designed as a utility land intended to help players interact with powerful nonbasic lands in formats like Modern and Legacy. Mechanically, it serves as a budget-friendly alternative to effects like Wasteland or Strip Mine, allowing players to destroy a target land while granting the opponent a basic land search in exchange. Its inclusion in 'The List'—a curated selection of cards from the game's history inserted into Set Boosters—reintroduces the card to modern audiences, maintaining its original mechanical utility within a contemporary distribution model.
The card's art, originally illustrated by Anthony S. Waters, depicts a desolate, ethereal graveyard reflecting the card’s thematic role as a land that sacrifices itself for disruption. Throughout its various reprints, including its appearance in The List, the card has been widely regarded as a staple of utility design. Its consistent popularity stems from its ability to punish greedy mana bases without being overly oppressive, cementing its place as a reliable tool in the arsenal of players navigating complex, land-heavy meta-games.
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