Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Encroaching Wastes - Magic the Gathering

You can thank Nissa for this one.
Encroaching Wastes joins the ranks of lands that kill other lands. They're the children of Wasteland, the grandchildren of Strip Mine, and so forth, this type of land has been popular throughout Magic's history.

Flavor wise, this guy steps on Tectonic Edge's territory, with the molten fires and collapsing earth, a site familiar in many disaster movies. There's nothing wrong with this, it just feels very generic. Ghost Quarter's flavor was at least more quirky and unique, and Dust Bowl swallowed lands in a dust storm. Encoraching Wastes and Tectonic Edge though, you could probably swap their names and nobody would notice the difference.
Le demonstration.

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