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CardName: Smoldering Pines Cost: Type: Land Pow/Tgh: / Rules Text: Smoldering Pines enters the battlefield tapped. When Smoldering Pines enters the battlefield, add {R} to your mana pool. {T}: Add {G} to your mana pool. Flavour Text: Set/Rarity: Cards With No Home Common

Smoldering Pines
 
 C 
Land
Smoldering Pines enters the battlefield tapped.
When Smoldering Pines enters the battlefield, add {r} to your mana pool.
{t}: Add {g} to your mana pool.
Created on 15 Sep 2013 by jmgariepy

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2013-09-15 08:34:19: jmgariepy created the card Smoldering Pines

You know, I assume someone else came up with this idea for a cycle of lands somewhere. But I figured I'd share the idea, anyway.

Nice idea. The closest I can find is Mirror Spire by Joz. It's a bit like River of Tears, but more so.

I like it in theory, but it might be a bit painful to play with. Say I've got a mostly-green deck with a bit of a red splash for some 4- and 5-mana cards, and I have one of these in my opening hand. I probably ought to play it early, but it's going to tempt me to hold onto it in my hand until I can cast a splash card off it.

I do wonder if it might be close to too much better than Forest. It can't cast a Birds of Paradise on turn 1, but it can certainly cast a Grizzly Bears on turn 2.

That's a really good point that some players will hate themselves, and the card, for having to 'waste' one of their only red sources early. It means the land isn't evergreeen, but needs to be matched for a very specific set.

Though, now that I think of it, I've been wanting to see that set pop up for a long time now. One which encourages splashes, and only splashes, in the way that Ravnica encourages multicolor, but only for two colors. I'll have to keep this land in mind. I'm likely to develop that set myself if I don't see it happen sometime soon.

Oh, as for being better than Forest.. maybe. But it should be noted that the red mana happens at sorcery speed. That's got to count for something (and, you know, it's probably worse than River of Tears straight up... so it probably isn't that offensive.)

Ah, yes, sorcery speed was a significant drawback on Jack's loyalty lands like Arcane Scriptorium. OK, that's likely fine then.

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