Mountain
Shards of Alara 243 • common
- Set
- Shards of Alara
- Collector number
- 243
- Rarity
- Common
- Type
- Land
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Aleksi Briclot
- Market price
- $0.25
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 was released in October 2008 as part of the core expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. It belongs to the Alara block, a thematic cycle that explored a fractured plane where the absence of two colors of mana in each region led to distinct cultural and geographical evolutions. This card was designed as a basic land, the foundational resource card in the game, intended to provide red mana for decks utilizing the aggressive and fiery motifs associated with the Jund and Naya regions of the Alara plane.
The illustration for this iteration of the Mountain was created by artist Lars Grant-West. Known for his contributions to natural history illustration and fantasy art, Grant-West focused on capturing the rugged, primal essence of a mountain landscape within the specific aesthetic constraints of the Alara setting. The piece is valued by players for its atmospheric perspective and technical execution, reflecting the broader design goals of Wizards of the Coast to ensure that basic lands serve as both functional game components and evocative windows into the game’s expanding narrative worlds.
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