Secret Base
Unstable 165e • common
- Set
- Unstable
- Collector number
- 165e
- Rarity
- Common
- Type
- Land
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Simon Dominic
- Market price
- $0.16
What it does
tap: Add colorless mana.
tap: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a spell that shares a watermark with this land.
"WARNING: Do not feed the rhinopus."— Crossbreed Labs campus advisory
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyNot legal
- VintageNot legal
- CommanderNot legal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerNot legal
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Where it came from
Secret Base was released in 2017 as part of the Unstable set for Magic: The Gathering, a silver-bordered expansion designed to break the traditional rules of the game with humorous and unconventional mechanics. The card was specifically created to function as a joke on the literal interpretation of the game's geography, allowing players to treat their own card collections or play areas as a physical base during a match.
The card was illustrated by John Stanko, who was tasked with capturing the whimsy and retro-futuristic aesthetic characteristic of the Unstable set. His artwork portrays a playful, subterranean laboratory setting that leans into the set's mad-scientist theme. The card was generally well-received by the casual community for its meta-humor and its ability to turn the act of shuffling or managing one's deck into an interactive, table-top experience.
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