Sandstone Needle
Mercadian Masques 326 • common
- Set
- Mercadian Masques
- Collector number
- 326
- Rarity
- Common
- Type
- Land
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Alan Rabinowitz
- Market price
- $6.31
What it does
This land enters tapped with two depletion counters on it.
tap, Remove a depletion counter from this land: Add red mana red mana. If there are no depletion counters on this land, sacrifice it.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Sandstone Needle was released in 1999 as part of the Mercadian Masques expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. The set was inspired by the plane of Mercadia, a world characterized by merchant culture and goblins, which served as a departure from the high-fantasy aesthetic of previous sets. The card was designed to function as a utility land that offers a unique mana-ramping mechanism at the cost of being tapped for multiple turns.
The artwork for this card was provided by Donato Giancola, an acclaimed illustrator known for his realistic and atmospheric style. Giancola’s design evokes the harsh, arid nature of the Mercadian landscape, focusing on the needle-like geological formations that give the card its name. Upon its release, the card was viewed as a strategic tool for players looking to manipulate their mana curve, though it is often considered a niche inclusion in historical deck-building contexts.
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