Mountain
Shards of Alara 245 • common
- Set
- Shards of Alara
- Collector number
- 245
- Rarity
- Common
- Type
- Land
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai
- Market price
- $0.31
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 Shards of Alara set, released in 2008, serves as a fundamental land card within the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. It was produced as part of the Alara block, which introduced a unique world-building concept where five distinct planes were once merged into a single reality before fracturing, with each fragment defined by a specific combination of mana colors. This specific illustration represents the jagged, volcanic geography of the Grixis shard.
The illustration was crafted by artist John Avon, a long-standing contributor to the game known for his expansive and atmospheric landscape work. Avon’s approach to the Alara mountains focused on the desaturated, ominous aesthetic associated with the Grixis plane, emphasizing an environment drained of life and dominated by sharp, dark rock formations. The art was well-received for its ability to convey the plane's grim atmosphere through a color palette starkly different from the typical fiery red associated with traditional Mountain cards.
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