Quicksand
Visions 166 • uncommon
- Set
- Visions
- Collector number
- 166
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Type
- Land
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Roger Raupp
- Market price
- $0.47
What it does
tap: Add colorless mana.
tap, Sacrifice this land: Target attacking creature without flying gets -1/-2 until end of turn.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Quicksand was released in 1997 as part of the Visions expansion for Magic: The Gathering. Developed by Wizards of the Coast, the set was notable for being the first to be designed by a team outside of the company’s internal R&D group, incorporating the winning entry from a design contest held for the game's fan base. The set aimed to introduce a more cohesive mechanical theme, focusing on a high-fantasy, pseudo-medieval aesthetic that helped define the visual identity of the game during its mid-nineties expansion.
The artwork for Quicksand was created by the fantasy illustrator Jeff A. Menges. His depiction captures the dangerous, unstable nature of the environment with a somber, earthy palette that reflects the card's function as a utility land. Upon release, the card was received as a functional, if situational, defensive tool for decks requiring colorless mana, and it remains a point of interest for collectors focusing on the distinct, atmospheric illustration style characteristic of the early expansion era.
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