Smoldering Crater
Commander 2015 308 • common
- Set
- Commander 2015
- Collector number
- 308
- Rarity
- Common
- Type
- Land
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Mark Tedin
- Market price
- $0.34
What it does
This land enters tapped.
tap: Add red mana.
Cycling 2 generic mana (2 generic mana, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
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
Smoldering Crater first appeared in the Urza's Saga expansion in 1998, designed as part of a cycle of lands that offered players a way to trade late-game land draws for card advantage. This specific printing was featured in the Commander 2015 'Plunder the Graves' deck, a preconstructed product designed to support the graveyard-focused mechanics popular in the multiplayer format. The cycling ability represents a strategic design choice by Wizards of the Coast to mitigate 'mana flood' in longer, slower-paced games.
The original illustration by Donato Giancola emphasizes the desolate, volcanic nature of the land, capturing a rugged aesthetic that has remained a staple of the card's visual identity. The card is widely regarded by players as a functional utility piece in Commander decks that utilize red mana, specifically valued for its flexibility in providing mana early while remaining useful as a draw engine in the later stages of a match.
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