Shimmering Grotto
Planechase Anthology 126 • common
- Set
- Planechase Anthology
- Collector number
- 126
- Rarity
- Common
- Type
- Land
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Cliff Childs
- Market price
- $0.13
What it does
tap: Add colorless mana.
1 generic mana, tap: Add one mana of any color.
"This is the price of being last in the food chain. We must keep our places of beauty hidden away instead of displayed for all to see."— Hildin, priest of Avacyn
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Shimmering Grotto was originally released in the Lorwyn set in 2007 as a flexible utility land designed to assist players with color fixing. It serves a functional role in deck construction by allowing players to pay one generic mana to produce one mana of any color, a design archetype intended to mitigate the risks of playing multi-colored decks in the Magic: The Gathering ecosystem.
The version from Planechase Anthology, released in 2016, features the updated artwork by Cliff Childs. Childs, a long-time illustrator for the game, opted for a composition that emphasizes the crystalline, reflective nature of the grotto, moving away from the more rustic aesthetic of the original card. This specific printing was included as a staple land within the preconstructed decks of the anthology, which aimed to reintroduce the Planechase format to a new generation of players.
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