Yes I was aware of that fact - and was planning on posting a comment to address that. I had been trying to decide upon a way to show the natives mining manastone for its properties and, after a few efforts, realised that gemstone mine did it already. So a reprint with a name-change and my problem was solved.
Yes but you have to take the setting into account. The lands in the first set are suppossed to be sub-par as Mana has long been a scarce resource. Taken on its own yes, this is not great but in the context of the set once it is all up, this will make more sense.
Also, as the set progresses, this will become much more useful.
The Intaki are an insectoid race that share elements of the slivers' sharing ability.
Rather than all Intaki sharing, certain Synapse creatures share their abilities with the Drones under their command but not with other 'officers'.
Yes I was aware of that fact - and was planning on posting a comment to address that. I had been trying to decide upon a way to show the natives mining manastone for its properties and, after a few efforts, realised that gemstone mine did it already. So a reprint with a name-change and my problem was solved.
Yes but you have to take the setting into account. The lands in the first set are suppossed to be sub-par as Mana has long been a scarce resource. Taken on its own yes, this is not great but in the context of the set once it is all up, this will make more sense. Also, as the set progresses, this will become much more useful.
Well, this sucks. Consider Bant Panorama which 1) comes in untapped; 2) taps for colourless forever; and 3) can find you a better land.
This is Gemstone Mine, but you possibly knew that already.
The Intaki are an insectoid race that share elements of the slivers' sharing ability. Rather than all Intaki sharing, certain Synapse creatures share their abilities with the Drones under their command but not with other 'officers'.