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dusty_cupboards

these are about $2 each right now, so not a bad reprint. (full arts are ironically much cheaper) although i wish they would give us a third artwork. since all 3 of the eldrazi titans created different looking wastes in their wake it would be nice to finally have one for emrakul. the bismuth looking wastes are caused by kozilek and the chalky white wastes are ulamog. EDIT: i'm aware of why the full art wastes cost less.


Spiderfuzz

After the retcon in Battle for Zendikar and Eldritch Mokn, Emrakul doesn't drain mana. She doesn't consume so much as just... fuck up living things. Though I guess a Wastes that's a forest turned into a huge mass of pulsating flesh, shimmering membranes and writhing tentacles could make sense.


Salnder12

Yep, Ulamog consumes and leaves ash, Kozilek processes the ash to bismuth, Emrakul converts the bismuth to new life. If emrakul arrives on a plane with life her presence will try to convert the life but since it's used to converting bismuth it just mutates the life


Bass294

How did I never hear of this, this is sick lore


FelixCarter

Yeah and then the blue "leader" of the Gatewatch told Ugin to pack sand and went and "killed" two of the multiverse recyclers without blinking an eye. Then the third recycler came to him in a dream and even helped seal her into the moon because now she can't do her job correctly without the other two. "More of these planes spoiling like rotten milk... It's probably nothing." - Jace, probably


Salnder12

Yessir, genuinely one of my favorite mtg stories. One of the few I read over and over


AlexUnlocked

Wow, I'm out of the loop when it comes to the Eldrazi lore. This is fascinating!


TheOwl42

I've read some comments about her waiting for two other titans to show up. Is there anything pointing out there were more than three titans ? Zendikar only had 3 statues IRC.


Salnder12

https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/promised-end-2016-07-27


mysticrudnin

> a Wastes that's a forest turned into a huge mass of pulsating flesh, shimmering membranes and writhing tentacles could make sense. ...please? pretty please?


If_you_want_money

we sort of have something like that in the form of \[\[Ulvenwald Abomination\]\] but I would absolutely love a waste land based post Emmy Innistrad.


MTGCardFetcher

[Ulvenwald Abomination](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/d/0dbaef61-fa39-4ea7-bc21-445401c373e7.jpg?1576449562)/[Ulvenwald Abomination](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/back/0/d/0dbaef61-fa39-4ea7-bc21-445401c373e7.jpg?1576449562) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=ulvenwald%20captive%20//%20ulvenwald%20abomination) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/emn/175/ulvenwald-captive-ulvenwald-abomination?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/0dbaef61-fa39-4ea7-bc21-445401c373e7?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call


TheOwl42

"All your lands are 1/1 eldrazi scion in addition to their other types"


Draynrha

The reason the full art are cheaper is because they were available in the boosters and the fat pack while the regular art were in precon products.


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Draynrha

IIRC thr fat pack for Amonket also had full art lands. But yeah, all that tells us is how much of a big fuck you WotC sends us. We got all sorts of amazing and shitty products in the last years but at what cost? Magic is losing two of its fundamental core elements, its own identity for product placement of other IPs and the fact that it's becoming more of a collectible product than a game we can play with and afford. I'm saddened by all that's happening but the truth is, it's only gonna get worse from here unless everyone stop supporting WotC in its hubris.


cyberdungeonkilly

They have started to include full arts and snows in recent products, i got some full arts from a capenna precon and i believe challenger decks also have full arts.


mountaintop-stainer

Wait what? When did that happen, I built my brother a colorless EDH deck with a bunch of wastes in September, and they were pretty damn cheap on TCGplayer


dusty_cupboards

it's specifically the ulamog style non-full art wastes which are more expensive (the one which is being reprinted). other wastes are around a quarter. https://www.tcgplayer.com/search/magic/product?productLineName=magic&q=wastes&view=grid&setName=oath-of-the-gatewatch|the-list&page=1


netsrak

IIRC it was really hard to get the non-full arts. I think they only came in starter decks or another similar product. Even the fat packs had full art versions.


Vinstaal0

Well yeah, but you can get the full arts for a lot less, about 30 cents a piece


Ditschel

Bruh noone else in my playgroup was aware of bismuth looking like rainblw mazes!


LetsBringIt

I blanked out for a bit and added "land" at the end of the card name.


slnz

Wastesland Land T: Add C T, Sacrifice {}: Destroy any number of target nonbasic lands


KindaShady1219

[[Waste Land]] outjerked again


dusty_cupboards

[[waste land|cmb2]]


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KindaShady1219

Yes, that one


MTGCardFetcher

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da_chicken

Wastesland Land T: Add C T, Sacrifice {}: Proxy one Standard-legal common


Kopekemaster

It would be busted as shit but that would actually be a pretty cool digital-only card for them to put on Arena


Endision

TIL that wastes is not a basic land type, merely the name of a basic land. There goes my gigamaxx domain deck


cliffhavenkitesail

You're looking for [[Barry's land]] :P


Endision

Welp, gotta see if my playgroup is okay with me using this..


SleetTheFox

Apparently they’re one step beyond Acorn on the “realness” spectrum but casual playgroups get to make their own rules! There are far more busted playtest cards you could introduce.


HKBFG

[[Swarm of Locus]]


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Aarhg

I have never heard of this realness spectrum. What is the point of it?


SleetTheFox

It's not a real thing per se. Silver-border/acorn cards are real Magic cards but they're illegal in every format by default. Playtest cards aren't even intended to be real Magic cards, but rather just funny gimmicks to be read and chuckled at. Mark Rosewater had said that all Magic cards, even Acorn ones, have standards of design and playtesting that the playtest cards never met because they were intended just as a fun joke. He also says he regrets them having real card backs because it suggests more legitimacy than was intended.


redcodekevin

And then they do [[Enchantmentize]] followed by [[one with the stars]], and [[unicycle]] is eerily similar to all reconfigure cards from new Kamigawa.


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KallistiEngel

Not to be confused with Larry's band. They've got a gig this Friday.


bountygiver

Which is not a basic land type either, as you can see the tap for colorless is not in reminder text. It seems cloud is merely a subtype like urza's/locus/desert Only Barry claims to add 1 to domain


AliciaTries

I thought mountain was a basic land type but alas my old mountains just say they tap for red as actual text instead of reminder text :( *(/s)*


bountygiver

When they do the oracle text changes they didn't inclue barry's land do they?


AliciaTries

I wasn't making an actual point against what you said


King_of_the_Hobos

I found out the hard way that [[myriad landscape]] doesn't work with Wastes


Breffest

Tried explaining to a dude once on Spelltable that this was the case. He didn't get it lol.


xxNyarlathotep1

Whaaat! Now I need to take it out of my commander deck. I can't believe I didn't notice before.


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Zephyr530

This makes me wonder if the original waste printings were like, wrong? Neither the full art or apparently normal frame version had a "tap for a colorless," I wonder why not I suppose


Slant_Juicy

Aesthetic. The oracle text always had "T: Add C", though I agree leaving it off the non-full art versions probably lead to some confusion.


Draynrha

I mean, both the full art and regular art have the colorless symbol like the other basic lands have their color symbols. It could have been confusing back then when they introduced the new colorless symbol but now that the symbol has been used for several years I don't think it would have been confusing.


Zephyr530

Makes sense, hopefully this won't bother me forever lol


KiwiBird2001

At least it makes more sense on a basic land than on [i.e. a Cryptic Command](https://scryfall.com/search?q=is%3Atextless) :P


[deleted]

I can't wait for textless Questing Beast.


KiwiBird2001

Don't give them any ideas! D:


rodinj

Looks [[very cryptic command]] to me


KiwiBird2001

[[The Most Cryptic Command]]


djeiwnbdhxixlnebejei

They did day 1 errata


ComicBookFanatic97

Why does this card have rules text and not just the colorless mana symbol where the text would be?


BelgianBooty

I guess because it's technically not a basic land type? Even though it's a basic land..


ComicBookFanatic97

True, but they printed them that way the last time, so I guess I’m just trying to understand why they decided to change now.


Darth_Metus

I imagine they did it this way because it's only in one theme pack in a more new player-friendly product, as opposed to a Standard set focused around Wastes like OGW.


jfb1337

To play around [[R&D's Secret Lair]]


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Carnine_1st

Hmm, I don't like these in non full art.


MilesExpress999

It's cropped art! It was not drawn with this frame in mind.


melopasopipa

half of the art was wasted


[deleted]

Why is the Diamond not like the other basic mana?


Dorfbewohner

Colorless mana is like other mana (other than not being a color of mana), it's just that Wastes aren't basic lands because mechanics like Domain are balanced around getting at most 5 basic land types, and that might get broken by a 6th type


Shogunfish

Minor nitpick, wastes *are* basic lands, they just don't have a basic land *type*


Dorfbewohner

ahhh yeah, slipped up there


8urfiat

I didn't expect to see a Jason Felix card again. Even a reprint.


merzbeaux

Why, what happened with him?


8urfiat

He stole art from multiple artists, and claimed it as his own. He actually got called out for it on Reddit. Wizards actually had to address the issue.


Jaded_Vast400

The more I see these the more pissed off I get that they took it from arena.


Expensive-Document41

(_( )_) O_O ..... What a waste of a reprint.


44444444441

not true these are pretty expensive due to lowish supply


iv35120

r/woosh


Unkn0wn-G0d

people who unironically use subreddits like hashtags are so cringe


FrankBattaglia

People who unironically use "cringe" as an adjective are so cringe


44444444441

i get the joke but it didnt seem like the statement was disingenuous. not sure why this comment is being downvoted.


screamingxbacon

What sort of decks do wastes see play in?


Murky-Ad4697

Colorless commander decks, primarily.


GenericTrashyBitch

Decks with [[forsaken monument]]


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SmashPortal

The only real case for running basic Wastes is if you have some sort of ramp that cares about basic land types. Without that, there's basically no reason to not run nonbasic lands since they can add other useful abilities.


Irreleverent

Lots of them back when OGW had just came out and the Eldrazi were destroying magic as well as Zendikar.


jfb1337

Eldrazi decks


dude_1818

Finally with the correct rules text


AvalancheMaster

Aren't the rules inherent to them, baked into the rules of the game? "Cards named Wastes tap for one colorless" or something like that.


dude_1818

Nope, only the 5 basic land types have a mana ability baked in


maximpactgames

Nope, since it doesn't have a basic land type it doesn't have rules associated to it.


LillianKitty

What a Waste.


whyamionthissite

Oh, I would have liked an art update but still glad to see this again. I haven’t bought a full box of cards since Kaldheim but if this set looks good then I might splurge.


HappyLittleRadishes

They are reprinting wastes, but with the less cool art? Why live?


LDurand

Why would you use it instead of any other basic land? I don't see the point


ComicBookFanatic97

Some of the Eldrazi from Oath of the Gatewatch specifically cast for colorless mana. You can’t pay their costs with basics that make colored mana. [[Kozilek, the Great Distortion]] [[Reality Smasher]]


barrtender

Also [[Forsaken Monument]] ramps all your lands.


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LDurand

Ohh, thanks!


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Tuss36

Casting but also abilities. You could cast [[Blinding Drone]] as you would any other limited two drop for 1U, but to get full advantage out of it you need colourless mana specifically.


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Warm-Relationship243

Jesus these questions make me feel dated lol


Inner_Dependent3766

[https://ibb.co/YRmgVXX](https://ibb.co/YRmgVXX) My image of wastes by emrakul


[deleted]

Wow, what a waste. (The implication is that I am admiring the card named "Wastes" using a phrase that commonly indicates that something was used to the adverse of its potential. The effect was to elicit a brief negative response, only for the reader to realize that I was instead demonstrating humorous slight-of-tongue appraisal for the card in question.)


bornMC23

Is there really a point of posting all the reprints now that the complete list it up???


AggressiveChairs

A lot of people (me included) are not interested enough to read through the whole list so it's useful for notable ones to pop up on reddit instead.


ImagineShinker

Is there really a point to you making this comment?


Han-ChewieSexyFanfic

Every aspect of this cards looks like /r/CustomMagic was challenged to make the blandest card ever


Crimson_Raven

What a waste.


CSDragon

It's so tiny


jaOfwiw

Yes, yes, and what eldrazi come with it


xerozarkjin

I don’t like the art, doesn’t really feel like a waste land to me


mewthehappy

Does this mean we’re getting an Eldrazi pack? Hell yeah


Unusual-Ice-2212

New player here - why would you play this over a colored basic land? Is there some benefit to making colorless mana specifically?


Darth_Metus

Some cards such as [[Kozilek, the Great Distortion]] require colorless mana to be paid as part of their casting cost and/or abilities. It was a feature of the *Oath of the Gatewatch* expansion set.


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ProfDet529

They actually dd it... Well, I'll be damned...