Swamp
Zendikar 240 • common
- Set
- Zendikar
- Collector number
- 240
- Rarity
- Common
- Type
- Land
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Véronique Meignaud
- Market price
- $1.12
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
Released in the 2009 Magic: The Gathering expansion Zendikar, this Swamp is part of a celebrated cycle of full-art basic lands. The set focused on themes of exploration and high-adventure landscapes, prompting Wizards of the Coast to move away from traditional borders to allow the artwork to fully capture the vast, untamed nature of the plane. This design choice was met with immediate acclaim from the player base, establishing these lands as iconic staples for deck building and collection.
The artwork was commissioned from illustrator Véronique Meignaud, who was tasked with evoking the surreal and atmospheric quality of the Zendikar swamps. Her approach utilized a vibrant, dreamlike color palette and fluid, organic shapes that deviated from the more traditional, somber depictions of black-aligned lands. The result is widely considered a masterclass in fantasy landscape illustration, cementing Meignaud's contribution as a definitive aesthetic of the Zendikar era.
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