Wooded Foothills

Wooded Foothills was originally released in the 2002 Onslaught expansion as part of a cycle of fetch lands, designed to help players navigate the game's color requirements by searching their libraries for specific land types. The card was reprinted in the 2014 set Khans of Tarkir, featuring new artwork by artist Noah Bradley. This inclusion was significant for the competitive community, as it improved access to essential mana-fixing tools in the Modern and Legacy formats, marking the first time these lands had been available in a modern-bordered frame outside of specialized sets.

The Khans of Tarkir iteration of Wooded Foothills is characterized by Bradley’s sweeping, atmospheric landscape style, which sought to reflect the rugged, mountainous aesthetic of the Atarka clan's territory in the Tarkir plane. His illustration focuses on a sense of scale and natural majesty, departing from the more mechanical or zoomed-in depictions often seen in utility lands. The card was well-received by players for both its functional necessity in deck building and its aesthetic contribution to the unified visual identity of the Khans of Tarkir block.