Locus | |
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Land Type | |
(Subtype for land cards) | |
Storm Scale | 8[1] |
Statistics |
2 cards
as of Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths 100% |
Scryfall Search | |
type:"Locus" |
Locus is a nonbasic land type used for cards that depict mana rich observing posts on Mirrodin.
Description[ | ]
The first card to bear the type was Cloudpost in Mirrodin. It adds for each Locus on the battlefield. Because multiple Loci looked inherently broken, R&D was hesitant to create additional ones.[2] Each new Locus would increase the amount of mana generated by Cloudpost. However, with the printing of Glimmerpost in Scars of Mirrodin deckbuilders were gifted a second playset of Loci and, alongside the landcopying Vesuva from Time Spiral could play up to twelve in one deck. [3] While fine for the Extended format, Cloudpost ended up on the Modern banlist on the second round in September 2015, and has stayed there since.
Phyrexia: All Will Be One contained Monument to Perfection, a card that can search for a Locus, but didn't add any new Locus cards.[4][5]
Storyline[ | ]
Created by Memnarch to observe his imported creatures, they were later taken over by the Praetors of New Phyrexia.
Trivia[ | ]
- Locus is a land type, not a creature type; changelings are not a Locus and you can't use Conspiracy to make a creature a locus.
- To deliberatly confuse the issue, Locus was used as a creature type on the Mystery Booster test card Swarm of Locus.[6]
- Locus is also a location on Otaria, created by Ixidor
See also[ | ]
References[ | ]
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (2019-10-03). "storm scale for the locus land type?...". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (October, 2003). "Ask Wizards - October, 2003". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Bill Stark (September 3, 2011). "Feature: Focus on the Locus". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (January 25, 2023). "Why give us a card that looks for Locus lands if you didn't give us another Locus land in the set?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (January 26, 2023). "Why no new Locus in the latest set?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Eli Shiffrin (November 11, 2019). "Mystery Booster Release Notes". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.