Island
Shards of Alara 236 • common
- Set
- Shards of Alara
- Collector number
- 236
- Rarity
- Common
- Type
- Land
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Chippy
- Market price
- $0.79
What it does
(tap: Add blue mana.)
Where you can play it
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Island card from the Shards of Alara set, released in 2008, serves as a fundamental basic land within the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. This specific card, numbered 236, belongs to the 'Grixis' shard portion of the Alara block, a plane defined by its fractured nature and distinct elemental themes. The card was commissioned by Wizards of the Coast to support the set's high-fantasy environment, where the landscape design was intended to reflect the harsh, dark, and magically infused aesthetic of a world drained of white and green mana.
The artwork for this particular Island was created by the artist Jung Park. Park’s design approach for the Grixis-themed lands emphasized jagged, desolate, and imposing geography to evoke a sense of decay and isolation. As a basic land, the card was widely distributed in booster packs and theme decks throughout the set's production cycle, becoming a staple for players building decks around the blue-aligned Grixis shard during the era of competitive play.
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