Magic: The Gathering

Unstable Frontier

The List CON-145 • uncommon

Set: The List
Collector number: CON-145
Rarity: Uncommon
Type: Land
Colors: Colorless
Artist: John Avon
Market price: $0.13

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$0.13market price via TCGplayer · Aug 7, 2026$0.12 – $0.14 over the tracked period

$0.13Aug 7, 2026

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Lore

Why it matters

Unstable Frontier is a unique land card that debuted in the Conflux set and later appeared on The List, offering players the tactical flexibility to choose its color identity upon entry. Its inclusion in The List serves as a nod to John Avon’s celebrated landscape artwork, which remains highly sought after by collectors for its atmospheric and immersive aesthetic.

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What it does

tap: Add colorless mana.

tap: Target land you control becomes the basic land type of your choice until end of turn.

The goblins went to sleep in Jund and awoke in Grixis. They'd never seen a zombie before. They would never see one again.

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Provenance

Where it came from

Unstable Frontier first appeared in the Conflux expansion of Magic: The Gathering, released in early 2009. The set served as the second chapter of the Shards of Alara block, focusing on the convergence of five distinct magical shards. As a land card, its mechanical purpose was to provide essential color-fixing capabilities, reflecting the unstable and volatile nature of a world where disparate realities were violently crashing together.

The card features the signature landscape work of John Avon, a prolific and celebrated artist known for his ethereal, expansive depictions of the Magic multiverse. Avon’s design intent was to capture the atmospheric tension of the Conflux, using a vibrant yet unsettling color palette to convey the precarious state of the land. The card’s inclusion in The List—a curated collection of reprints appearing in later booster packs—allowed a new generation of players to experience Avon's evocative portrayal of this chaotic landscape.

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