Snow-Covered Swamp
Coldsnap 153 • common
- Set
- Coldsnap
- Collector number
- 153
- Rarity
- Common
- Type
- Land
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Rob Alexander
- Market price
- $1.94
What it does
(tap: Add black mana.)
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Snow-Covered Swamp (153/155) was released in 2006 as part of the Coldsnap expansion for Magic: The Gathering. This set was famously designed as the 'lost' third installment of the Ice Age block, intended to complete a cycle of mechanics that had been left unfinished since 1996. The card reflects the expansion's focus on the 'snow' supertype, a thematic carryover from the earlier Ice Age and Alliances sets that introduced cold-themed hazards and frost-based mechanics to the game's landscape.
The art for this specific printing was illustrated by Rebecca Guay, a staple artist for the game during the mid-2000s. Known for her ethereal, watercolor-inspired aesthetic, Guay's approach to this swamp deviates from the typical dark or decayed imagery found on most black-aligned basic lands. Instead, she utilizes a muted, wintry color palette to evoke a sense of frozen stagnation, which successfully integrated the card into the set's distinct arctic atmosphere and garnered praise from players for its stylistic departure from traditional swamp depictions.
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