Arid Mesa

Land

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this: Search your library for a Mountain or Plains card and put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (51)

hyalopterouslemur on A challenge extended to AI …

1 day ago

Someone asked Google's AI if you could use Arid Mesa to fetch Badlands. It didn't know Badlands was a mountain. I was...unimpressed.

Bear in mind, I'm more concerned with the IP implications of generative AI. "We can't do this without doing things that'll get us sued" is not a reason to change IP law, in my opinion.

Icbrgr on Boros Skalds

1 month ago

Mainboard Modern format transfer Suggestions:

• 2x Battlefield Forge + 2x Mountain < 4x Arid Mesa

• Battlefield Forge < Hallowed Fountain

• Battlefield Forge < Steam Vents

• Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance < Ziatora's Proving Ground

• Chained to the Rocks < Leyline Binding

• Play with Fire < Lightning Bolt

maybe cut {X} Showdown of the Skalds for {X} Manamorphose... maybe a 2-2 split?

kamarupa on Mono Red Devotion

2 months ago

Since you already have a full set of Ashling, Braid of Fire seems like a possible addition here. While I think you're running an awful lot of Instant spells for a Devotion deck, you would be able to cast those spells with mana from Braid of Fire during your upkeep if you didn't already have Ashling in play.

I decided Fanatic of Mogis looked like a fun card to brew around, so I put together my own Red Devotion brew. I also decided that splashing white for both blink spells (I went with Ephemerate) as well as recursion spells (I went with Late to Dinner) seemed worth it. Since you've already opted to include fetch lands, it seems like it would be easy enough to swap 4 of those for Arid Mesa and add a couple Sacred Foundrys.

You can check out what I've put together if you feel so inclined. I'm not completely satisfied with it, but I think it's got potential to be decent. Devoted Fans

wallisface on Cat tribal- Casual Multiplayer

2 months ago

Some thoughts:

• you appear to have a whole lot of $$$ invested in your nonland cards, and then have treated your landbase no respect at all. Instead of these really bad lands you have, you should be running fetches (Arid Mesa) and shocks (Temple Garden).

• Any format allowing Sol Ring shoukd probably be running 4x the card.

• I don’t think Aura Shards, March of the Multitudes, or Sun Titan are any good here (first 2 don’t do enough, last one is just too much mana).

Andramalech on THE BRAVE DO NOT FEAR THE GRAVE

2 months ago

Tulody that might be because this deck suffers from Prototype syndrome and lack of fetchlands (Scalding Tarn, Arid Mesa, Bloodstained Mire) both cheap and color-coded. I'm sure once the full set is revealed, that KongMing might make some updates.

Balaam__ on Boros Angel Lifegain

4 months ago

A lot of this will depend on the budget you’ve allotted the deck, but off the top of my head here are some simple fixes for your mana problems.

1) Replace stuff like Stone Quarry and Kabira Crossroads with Fetchlands or Shocklands. Since you’re in Legacy, true Duals like Plateau are the obvious suggestion, but they’re ludicrously expensive and out of reach for most. So things like Arid Mesa or Sacred Foundry are much more affordable and the next best thing. If that’s still out of reach, try fastlands or other less common mana producers like Inspiring Vantage or Clifftop Retreat. In other words, any land that says ‘Enters Tapped’ is slow as molasses and to be avoided.

•Another neat little trick is to run stuff like Flagstones of Trokair. A full set will let you thin your own deck with no drawback. You plop one down and have {W} ready to go, and each subsequent one you play after that will heave the previous one into the graveyard and replace it while also fetching a Plains from your deck for free.

Be sure to check for the cheapest version of each card as well, since prices can vary drastically.

CoryDean on Wyleth

11 months ago

Added: Astor, Bearer of Blades, Swords to Plowshares, Arid Mesa, Needleverge Pathway  ^Flip, Clever Concealment

Removed: Keeper of the Accord, Elbrus, the Binding Blade  ^Flip (because it is black), Condemn, Plains, Mountain,

CoryDean on Flicker Deck

11 months ago

Added: Hoarding Broodlord, Tranquil Frillback, Nahiri's Resolve, Training Grounds, Arid Mesa, Raffine's Tower, Farewell

Removed: Gonti, Lord of Luxury, Turn to Mist, Merciless Eviction