Quicksand
The List VIS-166 • uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Collector number
- VIS-166
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Type
- Land
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Roger Raupp
- Market price
- $0.18
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 originally released in the 1996 Visions expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. It was designed as an uncommon land card that offered players a unique tactical utility, allowing them to sacrifice the card to give an attacking creature -1/-2 until the end of the turn. This set marked a period in the game's history where Wizards of the Coast was experimenting with more intricate utility lands that could fit into a variety of deck strategies without requiring colored mana.
The card’s illustration was created by artist Drew Tucker, whose distinctive, watercolor-influenced style helped define the aesthetic of early Magic sets. The artwork depicts a swirling, desolate landscape that visually conveys the card's mechanical function of trapping and weakening creatures. While not a centerpiece of competitive play, the card is frequently noted by long-term collectors for its evocative art and its inclusion in The List, a curated selection of reprints from the game's history that appear in modern booster packs.
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