Glacial Fortress
Magic 2011 225 • rare
- Set
- Magic 2011
- Collector number
- 225
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Land
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Franz Vohwinkel
- Market price
- $0.65
What it does
This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or an Island.
tap: Add white mana or blue mana.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Glacial Fortress was originally introduced in the Magic 2010 core set as part of a cycle of allied-color dual lands, designed to provide players with more reliable mana fixing. This card features the iconic artwork of Aleksi Briclot, who captured the stoic, crystalline aesthetic of a frozen stronghold. The design was intended to balance competitive play by requiring a basic land to be in play for the Fortress to enter untapped, a mechanic that forced deck builders to carefully consider their land ratios.
The Magic 2011 printing, bearing collector number 225, maintained this established mechanical identity while refreshing the availability of the card for the contemporary Standard format. It received positive feedback from the player base for its utility and evocative imagery, effectively bridging the gap between utilitarian functional cards and the high-fantasy lore of the Multiverse. Its design continues to be recognized as a standard-bearer for functional land cycles in modern card game development.
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