For some reason, I always liked the art on this card. I know it's not great by any absolute standard, and art has improved greatly over the years, but there's just something about seeing a few autumn leaves blowing away on the breeze that I like.
Lateralis0ne
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Ah, nostalgia on the art. I miss those days.
VampireCat
★★☆☆☆ (2.3/5.0)(3 votes)
Still worse than Rampant Growth, even without "comes into play tapped."
Situation 1: You have two mana open: You can cast Rampant Growth, you can't cast Untamed Wilds. Situtations 2: You have 3 mana open: You cast Rampant Growth, leaving one mana open and the land enters tapped. Untamed Wilds requires you to tap all three of your existing lands to get an untapped one. The end result is the same.
The only advantage of Untamed Wilds is if you're mana-screwed for a particular colour - you can search for a Mountain and cast Lightning Bolt right away, or search for a Plains to cast Swords to Plowshares. That's a pretty rare situation with today's mana-fixing options.
Fanaticmogg
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(2 votes)
@VampireCat: No, it isn't strictly worse - you say that it is better than Rampant Growth in some circumstances right after you said that, proving yourself wrong. But yeah, it's pretty bad.
Any card that allows you to thin your library from lands is good. Remember that this was the first of the many to come.
Tynansdtm
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Surprised no one's mentioned this. Strictly worse than Harrow. Harrow is an instant, and nets you two untapped lands, plus more color fixing and landfall.
jfre81
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It looks expensive now, but it was just fine the way the game went back in those days.
majinara
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I love the art of this card. I guess if you play a multicolored deck with quite some one-mana cards, like lightning bolt, swords to plowshare, stifle or whatever, this one ain't that bad.
@Tynansdtm: there is no "strictly worse" in this game. :) Suppose your opponent got dingus egg or something similiar in play, then sacrificing lands would be a bad idea. Or if you have only one basic land left in your library. Or if your opponent has a "counter target instant spell" card on hand: etcetc. :)
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Situation 1: You have two mana open: You can cast Rampant Growth, you can't cast Untamed Wilds.
Situtations 2: You have 3 mana open: You cast Rampant Growth, leaving one mana open and the land enters tapped. Untamed Wilds requires you to tap all three of your existing lands to get an untapped one. The end result is the same.
The only advantage of Untamed Wilds is if you're mana-screwed for a particular colour - you can search for a Mountain and cast Lightning Bolt right away, or search for a Plains to cast Swords to Plowshares. That's a pretty rare situation with today's mana-fixing options.
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@Tynansdtm: there is no "strictly worse" in this game. :) Suppose your opponent got dingus egg or something similiar in play, then sacrificing lands would be a bad idea. Or if you have only one basic land left in your library. Or if your opponent has a "counter target instant spell" card on hand: etcetc. :)