We’re still yet to see a great improvement in the quality of these lands. Invasion had three triple-colored legendary dragons, so the next set in the block contained tri-lands with the “lair” subtype, which would tap for mana of each of their dragon owners’ colors. These lands were staples in Pauper mana bases until every storm spell ended up getting hit with the ban hammer. Pauper storm decks were looking for ways to fix multiple colors while providing as much mana in just a few turns as possible.

The lack of quality dual and tri-lands is something that made Harrow one of the best commons in the format.īut it’s not all bad for these lands, as their rarity ended up becoming their greatest asset. The Invasion block is well remembered as a fun and powerful Limited format, but the mana fixing left a little to be desired. Invasionįast forward five years to 2000, we have Invasion: Magic’s first ever multicolor-matters set. Even Unknown Shores does a better job than these. These were bad in 1995 and they’re even worse now. It fell flat in many ways which we won’t get into right now, but these “lands” might give you a hint as to why that might be.Ĭan you imagine having to tap three of your lands just to be able to produce one of your three mana colors? Neither can I. The List: All of MTG’s Tri-Lands Homelandsįor those who don’t know, Homelands is widely regarded as the worst Magic set of all time. Flooded Strand and co’s ability to fetch for dual lands that have basic land types has provided the backbone of competitive three-color mana bases across multiple formats for almost two decades.

Ok, so the fetch lands are not technically tri-lands, but I don’t think it would be fair for them to not get at least a mention. They also come in handy for fixing four and five-color mana bases, as dual lands do even less work for you in those. It can sometimes be difficult to fix your colors in a three-color deck with only dual lands at your disposal.

If dual lands are lands that can produce two colors of mana, then tri-lands are lands that can produce three colors of mana. Hour of Devastation and Throne of Eldraine: A Couple of Outliers.Khans of Tarkir: The Other Proper Tri-lands.Shards of Alara: The First Proper Tri-lands and the Panoramas.

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