Cycling Lands Reprint
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Posted on Sept. 7, 2014, 3:51 p.m. by trentfaris242
I'm not sure if this is common knowledge or not, but I believe I've discovered today that Wizards of the Coast is planning to reprint the color specific cycling lands in the near future.
First, what are the cycling lands? For the color specific ones I mentioned, we have:
Secluded Steppe
Lonely Sandbar
Barren Moor
Forgotten Cave
Tranquil Thicket
Now let's move on to why I believe I've discovered a reprint. Noah Bradley is a well known artist whose works continue to appear on Magic: the Gathering cards time and again. His recent contributions include:
Temple of Plenty
Anger of the Gods
Dictate of Karametra
and quite a bit more.
Often times he posts his work to a popular image sharing site known as Imgur. On June 17, 2014 he added an album called "Forgotten Cave" with some images going through his sketch for this piece. Here is the final work:
Not only does the picture have a WotC copyright on it, Noah Bradley mentions having painted this for Magic: the Gathering. There are no current prints of Forgotten Cave which use this art. In fact, it appears the art was commissioned for this article:
A Fine Vintage: An Introduction
Now, this article features another new painting for a card. That card is Time Walk . This card is on the reserved list and can't be reprinted. However, the cycling lands are not.
So the questions become, would WotC commission new art for an old, but desired land that would only be used in 1 article? Would the introduction of cycling lands be too much for Modern? Can we hope to see these lands reprinted in the near future?
Your thoughts?
GoldGhost012 says... #7
Or, you know, WOTC could just not upload the Vintage Masters images to the Gatherer page.
September 7, 2014 4:01 p.m.
GoldGhost012 Gatherer shoes the Commander 2013 version of the card, look at the expansion symbol.
September 7, 2014 4:02 p.m.
trentfaris242 says... #9
Not as listed here. Odd. Maybe it is? Maybe it isn't?
September 7, 2014 4:02 p.m.
GoldGhost012 says... #10
Right magicnerd0815, but if you click on the Vintage Masters symbol on the right, it'll still show the C13 image.
September 7, 2014 4:06 p.m.
VampireArmy says... #11
It could also be coming in the new commander set seeing as they're mono.coloured...That's a thing too.guys
September 7, 2014 4:06 p.m.
trentfaris242 says... #12
Upon further inspection it does appear to be the art of the vintage reprint for MTGO?
In any case, what are the odds of WotC reprinting this set of lands? They would flow nicely with the third set of Khans, which is supposedly mono-colored focused, and they would be a nice addition to Modern.
September 7, 2014 4:06 p.m.
It is the VMA card art. From the first Google site I found:
September 7, 2014 4:06 p.m.
Got my hopes up there for a second. :(
I LOVE the cycling mechanic and wish it was evergreen'd.
I also wish we could have the Onslaught cycle lands for Modern to be used with Life from the Loam and Gifts Ungiven .
September 7, 2014 6:28 p.m.
trentfaris242 says... #17
@sylvannos I'm not totally convinced that they won't make an appearance soon. I can't see brand new art just for Vintage Masters, and they wouldn't break Modern at all. They'd be a great addition.
September 7, 2014 7:50 p.m.
vampirelazarus says... #18
The gatherer is buggy with VMA, just to let you all know. I ran into this problem the other night with Black Lotus .
GoldGhost012 says... #2
Interesting.
September 7, 2014 3:56 p.m.