I would rather say Harrow 's BIG brother, by just sacrificing that little boring basic land you can get whatever land you want! Just imagine using this in a deck with crucible of worlds and strip mine!!!!
KarmasPayment
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0)(5 votes)
and untapped. Saved me in quite a few EDH games when someone swings for lethal, cast this in response, get a maze of ith, and proceed to stay alive. xD
This card is horribly broken with strip mine and crucible of worlds, destroy an opponents land every turn, and bypass the restricted part of strip mine
SickFella
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0)(1 vote)
good card.
reapersaurus
★☆☆☆☆ (1.9/5.0)(4 votes)
I'd rather use Sylvan Scrying - it doesn't cost me a card like Crop Rotation does. The times that I want/need an instant land-fetch vs a sorcery land-fetch are very few, compared to the times I would gladly pay 1 colorless mana for 1 card advantage.
Bass1987
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Mishra's Factory This card is insane. I really don't see how its not restricted.
if you use this card and bring out Gruul Turf would the return land part of the card happen?
lorendorky
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Gruul Turf enters the battlefield tapped no matter how it got there.
CovetousDragon
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Could only be a common in Urza's Block :)
Hand_Bannana
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(13 votes)
hmm...maybe lotuses this year....or maybe ill plant some crops of huge flying death f***ing sea kraken monsters with dark depths....sounds good to me.
NeoKoda
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(3 votes)
Haha, if you plant Dark Depths, he'll have Marit Lages growing instead of lotuses.
JARY
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(2 votes)
@reapersaurus
Regarding Sylvan Scying vs Crop Rotation: Sylvan Scrying is safer against blue and no card disadvantage, but at the same time Crop Rotation can be used defensively against Wasteland with its instant speed and play in response for crazy things, that's the versatility. It also doesn't seem like much, but it frees up more mana for removal.
Rotating into a Tabernacle makes aggro/ramp decks cry, rotating into a Glacial Chasm usually buys you two turns of damage-free haven protection, rotating into Wasteland or Rishadan Port lets you wreck the opponent's mana base by surprise, rotating into a City of Traitors provides mana acceleration for , rotating into Karakas bounces legendary beefeaters like Emrakul, and rotating into Bojuka Bog exiles the graveyard of that annoying Dredge or Reanimator player.
Oh, and if they destroyed one of those precious lands, rotate into Petrified Field to recover it.
Excellent in Pauper, as only this card and Expedition Map allow one to fetch non-basic lands. In my experience, this usually looks for a Cloudpost or part of the Urzatron. Shortly thereafter, I get my face smashed in by Ulamog's Crusher or X=13 Rolling Thunder.
SarcasmElemental
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
"Hmm... maybe messenger bag's will be in this year."
DeFectiveDeity
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
for a fetchland? Alright, that sounds pretty nifty. And it's common? Sweet. ... Wait a minute... ... ANY land?! *proceeds to pass out*
bay_falconer
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Hmm...So, I get to pop a land for a basic land for one mana? Meh, I suppose it's a multicolor enabler.
Wait...It's an instant? *faints from stick-tasticness* I think I'm in love.
vantha
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Urza's Saga had to be the sickest set out of Magic history. This is a common, and it does what it does. Wow 4.5/5 for being able to do what it does as an instant speed. In today's environment I really thing Crop Rotation is an uncommon at the very least.
Lifegainwithbite
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(1 vote)
@vantha: Horrifically overpowered =/= good. And no, if this card were released today, we'd be lucky if it were a rare. It'd probably be an $50 mythic.
blurrymadness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
A less flashy use is to use this for Harvest Wurm. While you're in green, you may consider grabbing thawing glaciers. Ramp on your land is nice. Consider Krosan Verge as a way to ramp again T3.
Hmm... maybe one of this in each green commander deck...
MRK1
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
NOBLEMAN SWERVE
RaymondKHessel
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
One of those cards that probably should have been considered a second time in the logical sway of sobriety rather than the drunken madness that was Urza's Block. (Full Disclosure: Urza's Block is my favorite block, it's where I did the most playing.) But sometimes (or, in the case of Urza's Block, rather often) you need to step back and dispassionately consider a card a mistake.
Crop Rotation: -IS a common -IS an instant -DOES tutor for land, and not just basic land either -DOES put the land into play untapped
And all it asks in return is one green mana and that you sac a land. No. Just no.
Pontiac
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Its great when you sac a forest and get a Wasteland, its like G = wasteland :)
Fenwayb
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
With an active Valakut, this is a green lightning bolt
OlvynChuru
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@vantha @Lifegainwithbite
If this card was reprinted today, it would be a common, or an uncommon at most. The reason why Crop Rotation was so good at the time (and still good in some formats) was because in the same block there were some really, really overpowered lands. Nowadays, there are also some really powerful lands, just not as powerful. Although Cavern of Souls is pretty overpowered, I wouldn't use a card and sacrifice a land just to put it onto the battlefield like I would with Tolarian Academy or Gaea's Cradle.
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The times that I want/need an instant land-fetch vs a sorcery land-fetch are very few, compared to the times I would gladly pay 1 colorless mana for 1 card advantage.
Regarding Sylvan Scying vs Crop Rotation: Sylvan Scrying is safer against blue and no card disadvantage, but at the same time Crop Rotation can be used defensively against Wasteland with its instant speed and play in response for crazy things, that's the versatility. It also doesn't seem like much, but it frees up more mana for removal.
Rotating into a Tabernacle makes aggro/ramp decks cry, rotating into a Glacial Chasm usually buys you two turns of damage-free haven protection, rotating into Wasteland or Rishadan Port lets you wreck the opponent's mana base by surprise, rotating into a City of Traitors provides mana acceleration
Oh, and if they destroyed one of those precious lands, rotate into Petrified Field to recover it.
As for what to sacrifice? It's always nice to have Tranquil Thicket and Tranquil Thicket in your graveyard, but sacking a
Flagstones of Trokair nets you an extra basic land, and sacking Dakmor Salvage lets you recover the loss.
5/5. Possibly my favorite card to play.
...
Wait a minute...
...
ANY land?!
*proceeds to pass out*
Wait...any land? I think I'll pick Gaea's Cradle.
Wait...It's an instant? *faints from stick-tasticness* I think I'm in love.
While you're in green, you may consider grabbing thawing glaciers. Ramp on your land is nice. Consider Krosan Verge as a way to ramp again T3.
Crop Rotation:
-IS a common
-IS an instant
-DOES tutor for land, and not just basic land either
-DOES put the land into play untapped
And all it asks in return is one green mana and that you sac a land. No. Just no.
If this card was reprinted today, it would be a common, or an uncommon at most. The reason why Crop Rotation was so good at the time (and still good in some formats) was because in the same block there were some really, really overpowered lands. Nowadays, there are also some really powerful lands, just not as powerful. Although Cavern of Souls is pretty overpowered, I wouldn't use a card and sacrifice a land just to put it onto the battlefield like I would with Tolarian Academy or Gaea's Cradle.