Trade Routes
Ninth Edition 108 • rare
- Set
- Ninth Edition
- Collector number
- 108
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Matt Cavotta
- Market price
- $5.46
What it does
1 generic mana: Return target land you control to its owner's hand.
1 generic mana, Discard a land card: Draw a card.
The wise, the righteous, the mighty—the merchant feeds them all.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Trade Routes was originally released in the 1998 Stronghold expansion for Magic: The Gathering, later reprinted as a rare enchantment in the 2005 Ninth Edition core set. The card was designed to facilitate resource management by allowing players to return lands to their hand for reuse or to draw cards, serving as a tactical tool for stabilizing late-game board states.
The artwork for the Ninth Edition printing was provided by Matt Cavotta, a prominent illustrator and former creative director for the game. Cavotta’s style is known for its painterly, atmospheric quality, and for this piece, he utilized warm, maritime imagery to evoke the themes of exploration and commerce inherent to the card's name and mechanical function.
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About Trade Routes
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