Smoldering Crater
The List DMR-257 • common
- Set
- The List
- Collector number
- DMR-257
- Rarity
- Common
- Type
- Land
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Mark Tedin
- Market price
- $0.19
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 Onslaught expansion for Magic: The Gathering in 2002. As part of a cycle of cycling lands, the card was designed to provide utility to players by allowing them to exchange the land for a new card if they reached a point where drawing a land was no longer advantageous to their strategy. Its inclusion in The List, specifically with the collector number DMR-257, reflects the game's initiative to reintroduce influential or mechanically distinct older cards into modern packs.
The art, illustrated by Rob Alexander, reflects the rugged and volcanic aesthetic of the Otarian landscape from the game's lore. Alexander, known for his prolific work on lands during the early history of the game, utilized a stark, scorched color palette to evoke the heat and desolation implied by the card's name. The design was received as a functional staple for decks requiring color fixing and resource management, solidifying its status as a reliable utility card that bridges classic set design with contemporary play formats.
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