Chasing fancy basics..
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Posted on Jan. 12, 2016, 6:12 p.m. by smackjack
In my deck Tipping the scale i have 5 basic islands. Today i traded for 2 european lands (danish islands and white cliffs of Dover) and I'm currently making a trade for the 3rd european land, Venice. Now i have 3 fancy islands and 2 Islands.
Now I feel the urge to replace those 2 invasion Islands with fancier lands. Its my pet deck after all. Guru island is tempting, but ridiculously pricey. Is there any other exclusive islands for me to chase after? I find the beta island to be obvious and boring, but im considering it. No full art, i want the old frame.
And as always, any suggestion for my favorite deck Tipping the scale are greatly appreciated.
Thanks
MADMatt7777 says... #3
I personally prefer the APAC Lands, they are basically the European Lands, but for Asia. I also really like Arena Promo Lands
January 12, 2016 6:21 p.m.
The Saga Island 1999?
Edit: Your damn comment was too slow. Now you're going to have to deal with my suggestion with the tap to add mana.
January 12, 2016 6:22 p.m. Edited.
MADMatt7777 This is beautiful! And I like Rob Alexander. 
Damn the "tap to add 
to your mana pool" text. I just cant mix symbols and text like that. Its tempting, but my OCD tells me my deck will kill me in my sleep if i mix :(.
TheDevicer oooooooh pretty! But the text :(
January 12, 2016 6:41 p.m.
Too bad. You fucked up. You're not getting another suggestion.
January 12, 2016 6:46 p.m.
TheDevicer Alters would be riddled with tiny dents and misstakes that would eat me alive :P. I would prefer clean prints. I guess i could use the invasion island: Island, it is after all my favorite land art. Still, i need one more land..
January 12, 2016 8:19 p.m.
Well since you like the last Arena land I linked you, how about the Mercadian Masques 2000 one?
Or the 2003 one?
January 12, 2016 8:55 p.m. Edited.
I use these in my miracles list. Best island imo.andymaul123 says... #13
I'm not sure if you've already used this website, but here it is. If you're not averse to white-borders, the Portal Three Kingdom islands feature some rather unique artwork. Both Portal Second Age and original Portal are black-bordered, so take a look at those. 7th edition foils are rather unique, but I'm not sure what your stance is on foils. If you're ok with them, I'd definitely second Devicer's recommendation of the Arena league ones.
As a fellow rare-basic-land hunter, best of luck in your search :D
January 13, 2016 12:29 a.m.
NotSoLuckyLydia says... #14
EndStepTop that's my favorite island too! It's the one in my ANT deck.
Now. What you've gotta do. Get 4 zendikar full art islands. All four arts. Write the name and mana cost of a card for a DIFFERENT DECK, (Make sure the cards aren't expensive. Use cards like Elvish Visionary or something) so that your opponents think that they were, at some point, used as proxies. This will put your opponent on tilt. Then, when you've got at least two of those basic islands in play, you pull out the big guns. Foil. Non-full art. Zendikar Island.
Your opponent concedes out of pure fury.
Alternatively, Unglued and Betas are good options.
January 13, 2016 1:25 a.m.
EndStepTop says... #17
I was gonna be mad at the necro. But holy shit that island is hot.
February 5, 2016 9:04 a.m.
ThisIsBullshit says... #18
It's practically impossible to find those islands though
February 10, 2016 2:46 p.m.
EndStepTop says... #19
By impossible, you mean a joke from an old MTG magazine? Link
smackjack says... #2
oh.. and preferably with the
symbol in the text box, not the "tap to add 
to your mana pool" text.
January 12, 2016 6:18 p.m.