Mountain
Magic 2012 242 • common
- Set
- Magic 2012
- Collector number
- 242
- Rarity
- Common
- Type
- Land
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Cliff Childs
- Market price
- $0.12
What it does
(tap: Add red 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 Mountain card from the Magic 2012 (M12) core set was released in 2011 as part of the foundational base set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Core sets of this era were designed to introduce new players to the game while providing long-term collectors with updated versions of classic, essential cards. This specific landscape card serves as one of the fundamental basic lands, providing the red mana necessary for casting spells within the game's established color system.
This illustration was created by Cliff Childs, a concept artist whose work is widely recognized within the Magic: The Gathering community for its dramatic lighting and atmospheric world-building. In this piece, Childs sought to capture the rugged, volcanic aesthetic synonymous with red mana, focusing on sharp geological textures and a warm, molten color palette. The design received positive attention for its clean, modern composition, which helped define the visual standard for core set lands during the early 2010s.
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