One of the best budget mana fixing lands. I usually have these in any five color decks. This card is far superior to any of the comes into play tapped duels. Sure building up the counters is slightly annoying, but it guarantees the right color mana. In multi-player, this is better then gemstone mine because it won't die after you use it. After you are mana fixed it still supplies you with mana, great!
PaladinOfSunhome
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(5 votes)
Greta card for fixing the mana that you want, slow since you can only do it once per turn but that's what un-tapping cards are for.
3.5
ragegoblin13
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
this card is also very usefull for cards that allow you to take control of your opponants creatures..say with a Soul colletor..because you will have the mana for any specials the creatures may have i rate this card a 5 ..its hard to find a card to add to any deck that will..not can..improve the playability..think if someone turns all your lands to one color ..you can still use the abilities and get the mana you need
I have one question that bothers the living daylights outta me: What does the "Tap: Add 1 to your mana pool." actually mean? do I add 1 color of mana to my mana pool? or do I add a "1 land counter" to my mana pool which substitutes for a land until i use it?
This confuses me because I am given the option to either (from my understanding) add 1 mana of any color to my mana pool, or wait a turn and then "add one mana of any color to your mana pool"
SleetFox
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
@deortle154: That means you add 1 colorless mana to your mana pool. It can not be used to pay for any colored mana, whereas the mana you get from losing charge counters lets you pay for ANY color of mana.
Rotary_Fist
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(5 votes)
2011-01-20 CotD: According to the Mirrodin Style Guide, "The interior of Mirrodin is a vast, featureless expanse of silvery, dull metal. The only features of the landscape are the mycosynth, the occasional artifact creature, and Panopticon. The interior is lit by the mana-core sun, which washes everything in intense, pure-white light. The mana core appears as a giant sphere of pure white plasma suspended at the nucleus of the planar sphere."
@deortle154: Lands are not mana. Lands produce mana. A forest isn't ; it's ": Add to your mana pool" (though new copies of basic land cards just have the big mana symbol as shorthand-- Look at an old version of a forest). The abilities of this land work the same way as the ability of a forest: If you use the first ability, then you get a colorless mana, and if you use the second ability (which uses up a charge counter), then you get one mana of whatever color you want.
TrueBloodWolf
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I wish I could find a way to use this =/ it be nice to use the Mirrodin Core in a non-Phrexian Mirrodin card Dx -wishes Phrexia never happened to that beautiful world-
CuriousThing
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
The best land under $1, by far. No curve in a control or combo deck is so good that it maximizes its use of potential mana every single turn; it's surprising how often you find yourself tapping for that charge counter. And it's not a tapland. Every budget player should be running 4 of these in a 3+ color deck.
nope.avi
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(3 votes)
why is mirrodins core so bad?
Salient
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(6 votes)
A win for flavor.
You "HI there, Mirrodin, I'd like to make use of your core's mana-bathing, please."
Core "Alright, you can have your share the full-spectrum mana-light that I naturally produce for free, but if you're wanting something more specific I'm going to have to charge you a small amount of energy input, and it'll take a bit of time for us to process it."
"...why?"
"Second law of thermodynamics."
"Oh. Well, if I don't need anything right this minute, can I pay up now and come back for the mana later?"
"Sure, we'll keep the energy input stored as charges for you."
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3.5
What does the "Tap: Add 1 to your mana pool." actually mean?
do I add 1 color of mana to my mana pool? or do I add a "1 land counter" to my mana pool which substitutes for a land until i use it?
This confuses me because I am given the option to either (from my understanding) add 1 mana of any color to my mana pool, or wait a turn and then "add one mana of any color to your mana pool"
=/ it be nice to use the Mirrodin Core in a non-Phrexian Mirrodin card
Dx -wishes Phrexia never happened to that beautiful world-
You "HI there, Mirrodin, I'd like to make use of your core's mana-bathing, please."
Core "Alright, you can have your share the full-spectrum mana-light that I naturally produce for free, but if you're wanting something more specific I'm going to have to charge you a small amount of energy input, and it'll take a bit of time for us to process it."
"...why?"
"Second law of thermodynamics."
"Oh. Well, if I don't need anything right this minute, can I pay up now and come back for the mana later?"
"Sure, we'll keep the energy input stored as charges for you."
"Sweet."