Island
Portal Three Kingdoms 170 • common
- Set
- Portal Three Kingdoms
- Collector number
- 170
- Rarity
- Common
- Type
- Land
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Ku Xueming
- Market price
- $6.11
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
Released in 1999 as part of the Portal Three Kingdoms expansion, the Island card reflects the set's unique historical departure from traditional high-fantasy settings. Designed by Wizards of the Coast to introduce new players to Magic: The Gathering through simplified mechanics, the set drew its aesthetic and narrative inspiration from the 14th-century Chinese historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. This specific base land card, identified as collector number 170, served as a foundational element of the set's regional identity.
The art direction for Portal Three Kingdoms favored a distinct, painterly style that diverged from the look of contemporary core sets to better evoke the epic tone of its source material. Because the set was originally intended for distribution primarily in the Asian market before seeing a limited release elsewhere, these basic lands have become sought after for their specific visual aesthetic and relative scarcity compared to mass-produced lands. The reception of these cards has remained steady among collectors who value the set's thematic commitment to historical Chinese literature.
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