Overgrown Tomb

drpvfx 2012-09-25

★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0) (4 votes)

These may be a known quantity that we're all glad to see back,
but they deserve at least some credit for this amazing new art.

The Rob Alexander originals are beautiful and will remain more valuable than these,
but there's really something to be said for some of the new art,
especially this and Hallowed Fountain.

The new Godless Shrine and Watery Grave are also gorgeous,
but we don't get those just yet.

Trygon_Predator 2012-09-26

★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0) (4 votes)

Tranquil and foreboding. Quite lovely, really.
And it's a shockland. 'Nuff said.

Lotsofpoopy 2012-09-27

★☆☆☆☆ (1.1/5.0) (7 votes)

Pros like me love shocklands, especially flavorful ones like these that fit their color's themes.

1337vanguard 2012-09-27

★☆☆☆☆ (1.1/5.0) (8 votes)

This just seems like one of those win-more cards that Wizards seems to be keen on printing these days.

Plaid_Mage 2012-09-27

★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0) (2 votes)

I really prefer the old art on this one. The new one isn't bad, but the old one was outstanding.

D34D2R1T35 2012-09-28

★☆☆☆☆ (1.2/5.0) (6 votes)

1337vanguard
This just seems like one of those win-more cards that Wizards seems to be keen on printing these days.

Have you been huffing glue these days with the spare time spent building your mono color deck? Someone has obviously never been color screwed.

Shockland is shocking land of lands, Overpriced and broken.
Way to go saying you were powering down standard with Avacyn block and then powering it back up with Rav2.0 wizards, glad to see you are still every bit as deceitful as always.

God_Of_The_Smurfs 2012-09-30

★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0) (2 votes)

Ripped a foil one of these at prerelease. WHOO!

RAV0004 2012-09-30

★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0) (5 votes)

What ugly art. It looks more like a MOLDY tomb than an overgrown one. New art may be cooler with the other reprinted lands, but the old overgrown is much better looking than this one.

j_mindfingerpainter 2012-10-11

★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0) (2 votes)

@ God_Of_The_Smurfs: Yeah, I got a foil in a booster pack. Gotta love the art.

And of course, it being a reprint and all.

Dabok 2012-10-15

★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0) (2 votes)

Hmm...yeah the art on the old one is sort of better.
But this one has more of that black-green feel than the previous one ever have.
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In terms of utility, I need not say anything more. The shocklands are farmous for a reason.

sonorhC 2013-01-05

★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0) (2 votes)

@1337vanguard, I don't think you know what the term "win-more" means. "Win-more" means that it's a powerful effect, but that you'd only be able to pull it off if you're already winning anyway. This is a land, and either of the two effects you can use it for is just gaining mana (about the most mundane effect in the game), and you can play it at any time, including the first turn when the game is still wide open.

Kodanshi 2013-05-14

☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)

Beautifully evocative, though on reflection I prefer the old artwork by Rob Alexander simply because it looked like something out of Prince of Persia: Warrior Within. Loving the flavour text!

Gandlodder 2013-06-01

★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0) (2 votes)

Part of a ten card cycle:
Hallowed Fountain
Watery Grave
Blood Crypt
Stomping Ground
Temple Garden
Godless Shrine
Overgrown Tomb <-- You are here.
Breeding Pool
Steam Vents
Sacred Foundry

Benreaper 2014-01-05

☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)

You know, I'm not sure I like the original art better. I may not have played when the originals rolled around, so I may be biased, but I absolutely LOVE the art the reprints have. It's dark, lush, and although it doesn't seem to have much scale, it's huge! (there's a guy standing at the bottom of the second arch from the left in the original painting.)

VineMaple253 2014-02-15

☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)

Green and Black are my favorite colors that aren't blue.

KiitchenFinks 2014-05-30

☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)

5/5 just for the art

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