Thawing Glaciers
World Championship Decks 1997 jk144 • rare
- Set
- World Championship Decks 1997
- Collector number
- jk144
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Land
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Jeff A. Menges
- Finish
- Gold
- Market price
- $10.86
What it does
This land enters tapped.
1 generic mana, tap: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Return this land to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next cleanup step.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Thawing Glaciers was originally printed as a rare card in the 1996 Alliances expansion for Magic: The Gathering. The card was designed to provide players with a powerful method of land ramp, allowing them to search for basic lands at the cost of returning the card to their hand at the end of the turn. Its inclusion in the 1997 World Championship Decks reflects its prevalence in the competitive control archetypes of the era, where it served as a fundamental engine for maintaining mana consistency in longer games.
The 1997 World Championship collection reproduces the exact decks piloted by top competitors during that year's tournament. Each card, including this version of Thawing Glaciers, features a gold-bordered back and the signature of the player who utilized it in their deck list, distinguishing it from standard-issue tournament cards. While these decks were produced as a commemorative set for fans and collectors, they remain a significant historical snapshot of the professional Magic: The Gathering meta-game during the late nineties.
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