which sets have the best basic land art? I dont mean the full art ones because they are in a league of their own, only classic basic land cards. My personal favorite are the original Ravncia basic lands
Hard to pick one set outside from the obivious (Zen, UN) though I agree that Ravnica is definitely awesome. I do like Lorwyn's artwork, not because I think it is the best, but because I think that the bright colors and pastely artwork defines the plane so well.
My favorite island though is #237 from M10 by Fred Fields, I actually collect them and I also have a mono blue deck where these are the only lands in it.
I also have a 24 land mono white deck that has 8 of thesethreeplains.
No idea why I like those lands, strangely enough the ones I just named are all from core-sets which usually have very generic artwork, but for some reason I happen to like 'em.
My personally favorite basic land at the moment is the Plains: http://magiccards.info/m13/en/231.html Noah Bradley made for M13. (#231)
It just looks freaking awesome in real life. Ask anyone who owns one. ;P
(I currently run all of my plains of this art in my mono-white spirit token deck.)
Basic land art now is just so awesome. It seems that each set's basics perfectly capture the world in which they are set. They each have their own identity.
Basic land art now is just so awesome. It seems that each set's basics perfectly capture the world in which they are set. They each have their own identity.
I concur the Mirage lands had great art, especially for the time. the plains and swamps were top notch, the mountains and forests were also excellent, though the islands may have left something to be desired.
(Almost) All lands from Lorwyn. Plains and Forest arts are so amazing in that set.
The reason I like the artworks for the Lorwyn set is because they resemble paintings/etc = they don't look so "realistic" = art.
(imo the coolest arts: Plains > Forest > Mountain > Island > SWAMP)
I really like the Lorwyn lands too. Well, all of them except Island #287 and Swamp #291 by Ron Spears. Ugh. They're just hideous.
Other cool basics: Forest #249 (Magich 2013), Island #237 (Magic 2013), Swamp #256 (Innistrad), Mountain #269 (Return to Ravnica, was in old Ravnica too), Forest #175 (New Phyrexia), Island #294 (Champions of Kamigawa).
Overall I think Islands have the coolest artworks ... after that its Forest > Plains > Mountain > Swamp for me.
Island: Impossible to choose. Islands almost always have some of the best artwork, from the Quicksilver Seas to the Innistrad rivers and waterfalls, to the waterways of Ravnica.
So I started in M13. For some reason, I love having only one art for basic lands in a deck. Thus, I picked my favorite basic from the M13 lands and that's the only art I play.
My personally favorite basic land at the moment is the Plains: http://magiccards.info/m13/en/231.html Noah Bradley made for M13. (#231)
It just looks freaking awesome in real life. Ask anyone who owns one. ;P
(I currently run all of my plains of this art in my mono-white spirit token deck.)
When I saw those during the pre-release, I thought it was a picture of scrambled eggs and wondered what Wizards was playing at.
Forest: http://magiccards.info/zen/en/246.html Not only is it gorgeous, but it has a novel concept: an expedition outpost on a huge tree trunk, almost like a forest city.
Island: http://magiccards.info/ala/en/236.html Again, I love the novelty of this card. Esper has a cold and austere look to it due to wizard control, but how can I not like the puzzle-like clouds and space grids?
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This swamp is probably the nicest foil basic I ever owned.
Other than that, John Avon stuff is always great looking.
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My favorite island though is #237 from M10 by Fred Fields, I actually collect them and I also have a mono blue deck where these are the only lands in it.
I also have a 24 land mono white deck that has 8 of these three plains.
No idea why I like those lands, strangely enough the ones I just named are all from core-sets which usually have very generic artwork, but for some reason I happen to like 'em.
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It just looks freaking awesome in real life. Ask anyone who owns one. ;P
(I currently run all of my plains of this art in my mono-white spirit token deck.)
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My favourites:
Plains - Ravnica #4
Island - Avacyn Restored #2
Swamp - Time Spiral #1
Mountain - Champions of Kamigawa #3 - My favourite basic land art. Simply astounding.
Forest - New Phyrexia #2
My favourite sets for overall basic land art are Ravnica, New Phyrexia, Unhinged and Lorwyn.
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Love all of Old Ravs basic land art. Just gorgeous.
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The reason I like the artworks for the Lorwyn set is because they resemble paintings/etc = they don't look so "realistic" = art.
(imo the coolest arts: Plains > Forest > Mountain > Island > SWAMP)
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Other cool basics: Forest #249 (Magich 2013), Island #237 (Magic 2013), Swamp #256 (Innistrad), Mountain #269 (Return to Ravnica, was in old Ravnica too), Forest #175 (New Phyrexia), Island #294 (Champions of Kamigawa).
Overall I think Islands have the coolest artworks ... after that its Forest > Plains > Mountain > Swamp for me.
Island: Impossible to choose. Islands almost always have some of the best artwork, from the Quicksilver Seas to the Innistrad rivers and waterfalls, to the waterways of Ravnica.
Swamp: http://magiccards.info/m13/en/241.html
Mountain: http://magiccards.info/m13/en/243.html
Forest: Another hard one. I tend to like the core set Forests, such as http://magiccards.info/m10/en/247.html and http://magiccards.info/m10/en/246.html I also like the RTR Forest art.
Plains: M13 #232
Island: M13 #235
Swamp: M13 #241
Mountain: M13 #243
Forest: M13 #247
Respect even the most basic of basics guys.
Although, the Innistrad lands are beautiful. Every single one.
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When I saw those during the pre-release, I thought it was a picture of scrambled eggs and wondered what Wizards was playing at.
My favorite land of all time, though, is from Mirage.
This. I try to pick up this plains whenever I can. I put it in all my decks.
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Island: http://magiccards.info/ala/en/236.html Again, I love the novelty of this card. Esper has a cold and austere look to it due to wizard control, but how can I not like the puzzle-like clouds and space grids?
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This swamp is probably the nicest foil basic I ever owned.
Other than that, John Avon stuff is always great looking.
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