It is a last ditch mana multiplier. YOU can Sacrifice lands you have already tapped, thereby getting both what they produce and what they sacrifice for. You just better make sure what you are using it for is worth it.
John-Bender
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(2 votes)
I love this card. So I'm a bit biased with the score but it deserves at least 4 stars. Anyway's, I've found this card to work best in a trample deck. Since you can get a 4 or higher out one turn quicker.
djdaquin
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.6/5.0)(4 votes)
Yes, you get 2 mana from one land...but it cost 2 mana to cast!
@ Djdaq, you don't use it on the turn you cast it!
You use it turn 3 or onwards for double mana, and hopefully a solid position, otherwise your retaliation/recovery will be very slow.
Thinking about throwing one in with my dredge deck. Combined with things like Crucible of Worlds and Dark Heart of the Wood, it seems like a nice bit of tech. But there's something I'm curious about, I don't know if this interaction is legal: If I have a Squandered Resources, a Forest, and a Crucible of Worlds in play, is it possible to tap the Forest for mana, sacrifice it to Squandered Resources for another mana, play it from my graveyard (I haven't played a land yet this turn), tap it again for one more mana, then sacrifice it again for a fourth mana? I can only play one land a turn, but that's four green mana from one forest if that's possible. If you have a Fastbond in play, you have access to almost infinite mana so long as your life total can keep up. Does this work?
well, zulps is leagal as long as your playing vintage, and restricted at that. Fast bond is simply too broken.
Joseph_Leito
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Zulp, that's... really scarily good. Imma use that I think.
Nagoragama
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(10 votes)
Some of the best flavor text in the game.
Totema
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Link: "*** please."
GainsBanding
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This art would never happen today: an all red image on a card that is black and green. These days the color palette of the cards generally match their mana costs.
"Boundless Realms" enough said. turn four tap all lands sac three of them get all lands in your deck
blurrymadness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
You want a real man's ramp?
T1- Veteran Explorer T2- Crop Rotation, Phyrexian Tower, Eat explorer, grab swamp, forest, play forest, play this, sac all of your lands for another 5 mana.
Boom. 8 mana T2; all for about $15. That's just big enough for a one sided Sundering Titan; or Grab primeval titan for an easy 4 mana open every turn and you don't even have to sac everything.
robits_for_the_win
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Great card love the flavor text.....buuuut what derp traded skins for sand?
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How I miss those days.
You use it turn 3 or onwards for double mana, and hopefully a solid position, otherwise your retaliation/recovery will be very slow.
Side to this combo, throw in Mortician Beetle, it will get really big really fast.
Or Azusa, Lost but Seeking and Crucible of Worlds
T1- Veteran Explorer
T2- Crop Rotation, Phyrexian Tower, Eat explorer, grab swamp, forest, play forest, play this, sac all of your lands for another 5 mana.
Boom. 8 mana T2; all for about $15. That's just big enough for a one sided Sundering Titan; or Grab primeval titan for an easy 4 mana open every turn and you don't even have to sac everything.