Land Tax
The Zeta Set 247 • rare
- Set
- The Zeta Set
- Collector number
- 247
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- white mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- MSCHF
What it does
At the beginning of your upkeep, if an opponent controls more lands than you, you may search your library for up to three basic land cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricBanned
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Land Tax was originally introduced in the 1994 Legends expansion for Magic: The Gathering, designed by Richard Garfield and illustrated by Anson Maddocks. The card was conceived as a way to balance the game's mana system, providing white decks with a mechanism to keep pace with opponents by searching for basic plains whenever the opponent controlled more lands. Its inclusion in the Zeta Set, a later specialty printing, reflects its enduring mechanical importance in competitive play.
The art by Anson Maddocks, which features a stark, almost surreal aesthetic characteristic of the game's early era, was intended to convey the oppressive nature of taxation within a fantasy kingdom. Upon release, the card quickly became a staple in tournament environments due to its efficiency in deck thinning and card advantage. Over the decades, it has remained a highly sought-after component for players constructing decks in formats that allow its use, marking it as a significant piece of trading card history.
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