Swamp
Starter 1999 165 • common
- Set
- Starter 1999
- Collector number
- 165
- Rarity
- Common
- Type
- Land
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Romas Kukalis
- Market price
- $0.64
What it does
(tap: Add black mana.)
Where you can play it
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The 1999 Starter set was released by Wizards of the Coast to serve as an accessible entry point for new Magic: The Gathering players, distilling the game's mechanics into a more streamlined format. This specific Swamp card, identified by collector number 165, features artwork that captures the atmospheric, murky aesthetic traditional to the game's black-mana landscapes, designed to help novices immediately identify the card's function during gameplay.
The art direction for the Starter 1999 set emphasized high-contrast visuals and simplified compositions to ensure legibility for players learning the game. While the individual illustrations for basic lands in this set were often sourced from a pool of existing artistic talent contracted by Wizards of the Coast, they were received primarily as functional tools rather than centerpiece collectibles at the time of their release, eventually gaining nostalgic significance among long-time players who remember them as their first introduction to the game.
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