Price of Progress
The List EMA-141 • uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Collector number
- EMA-141
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana red mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Yohann Schepacz
- Market price
- $5.98
What it does
Price of Progress deals damage to each player equal to twice the number of nonbasic lands that player controls.
Enthusiasm can be tempered in the furnace of the earth.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperBanned
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Price of Progress was originally introduced in the 1998 expansion set Exodus. Designed by Mike Elliott, the card serves as a quintessential red spell in Magic: The Gathering, punishing players for relying heavily on non-basic lands in a format that prioritizes multi-color land bases. Its mechanic embodies the aggressive, high-risk philosophy of red mana, turning an opponent's complex utility lands into a source of direct damage.
The version appearing in The List, specifically cataloged as EMA-141, utilizes the illustration originally commissioned for the Eternal Masters release. This art, created by Franz Vohwinkel, maintains the card's stark warning against industrial and magical excess. The card remains a staple in eternal formats like Legacy and Commander, valued for its efficiency as a board-wide punisher that scales effectively as the game progresses.
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