Trade Routes
Mercadian Masques 112 • rare
- Set
- Mercadian Masques
- Collector number
- 112
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Matt Cavotta
- Market price
- $6.80
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.
Like the price of goods, the value of the routes was renegotiated daily.
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 released in 1999 as part of the Mercadian Masques expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Set on the plane of Mercadia, the expansion introduced a thematic focus on mercantilism, politics, and the complex trade networks of a city built atop a subterranean empire. The card represents a strategic enchantment that allows players to manipulate the battlefield by returning lands to their hands in exchange for card advantage, reflecting the set's broader preoccupation with resource management and economic maneuvering.
The card features artwork by Christopher Rush, one of the most iconic illustrators in the game's early history, whose work helped define the visual language of Magic: The Gathering. Rush employed his characteristic style to capture the bustling, somewhat precarious nature of an aerial marketplace suspended over a vast void. The card was designed to offer players a utility-heavy tool for late-game consistency, and it has since become a staple in niche strategy decks that benefit from replaying lands with enter-the-battlefield abilities.
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About Trade Routes
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