Magic: The Gathering

Island

Shadowmoor 287 • common

Set: Shadowmoor
Collector number: 287
Rarity: Common
Type: Land
Colors: Colorless
Artist: Warren Mahy
Market price: $0.30

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What it's worth

$0.30market price via TCGplayer · Aug 25, 2026$0.29 – $0.40 over the tracked period

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Lore

Why it matters

This Island card captures a unique, dark aesthetic that defines its specific series, offering players a distinctive visual representation of a fundamental resource. While it is a common card, its role in a collection lies in how it frames the mysterious and shifting tone of its setting through evocative landscape art.

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Card face

What it does

(tap: Add blue mana.)

Formats

Where you can play it

StandardLegal
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Provenance

Where it came from

Released in May 2008 as part of the Shadowmoor expansion for Magic: The Gathering, this basic Island card features the distinct, eerie aesthetic of the set. Shadowmoor was conceptualized as a mirror plane to Lorwyn, shifting the world into a state of perpetual, supernatural twilight. The card's artwork, illustrated by Nils Hamm, captures this thematic transition through a haunting, painterly depiction of a landscape defined by distorted nature and muted, bioluminescent colors.

Nils Hamm’s contribution to the Shadowmoor basic land cycle is noted for moving away from the high-fantasy clarity seen in earlier sets, favoring an atmospheric, almost gothic sensibility. The design was intended to evoke the unsettling gloom of a world gripped by the 'Great Aurora,' a magical event that transformed the bright Lorwyn into a dark, shadowy realm. Upon its release, the art was widely praised by players for its moody, immersive quality, which successfully grounded the set's central tension between light and darkness.

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