Gaea's Balance

Sorcery

As an additional cost to play Gaea's Balance, sacrifice five lands.

Search your library for a land card of each basic land type and put them into play. Then shuffle your library.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Premodern	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (6)

Raging_Squiggle on What are mana abilities? Golos …

5 years ago

An activated mana ability is defined as:

1. An activated ability that produces mana.

2. The ability does not target .

3. The ability is not a loyalty ability.
   

A triggered mana ability is defined as:

1. A triggered ability that triggers off an activated mana ability.

2. Produces Mana.

EX: Mirari's Wake has a triggered mana ability. Carpet of Flowers does not.

Golos, Tireless Pilgrim 's second ability is not a mana ability because it does not satisfy the #1 requirement for activated mana abilities.

As for casting spells without paying their mana costs, any additional costs that are required must still be paid. Gaea's Balance has a mandatory additional cost of sacrificing 5 lands, it doesn't matter if you cast it without paying its mana cost.

Silverseas on What are mana abilities? Golos …

5 years ago

I'm building a Golos, Tireless Pilgrim Deck and wanted to make sure I was 100% sure on his ability.

If I use his ability and Gaea's Balance is one of the three cards, I still sacrifice the 5 lands? A mana ability is only when the ability requires mana to be spent? Not, for example, a tap ability?

X in card costs will be 0?

Do I reveal the cards exiled with Golos or do I simply put them face up in exile and people can choose to look at them?

goldlion on The Homosexual Agenda

6 years ago

How does this play with the 5 colours? Is the rocks enough? What about an Urborg Elf , a Quirion Explorer ? or a Shard Convergence , Seek the Horizon or Gaea's Balance for mana fixing?

Of course Birds of Paradise is better, but depends on your budget :)

Darkersun on Sek'Kuar, The Meat Master

7 years ago

Great deck +1How about Overlaid Terrain, Gaea's Balance, or Natural Balance

Overlaid Terrain is great if you have a Backup Plan to hand.

Gaea's Balance sac 5 lands and gives 3 lands back

Natural Balance, great if you can sac you lands.

Please let me know what you think :)

Rzepkanut on Feudalism EDH(Rainbow Elementals/Land effects)

8 years ago

Animist's Awakening, New Frontiers, Gaea's Balance, The Gitrog Monster, Storm Cauldron, Horn of Greed. Have fun :)

Eiti3 on What should the name and …

8 years ago

This reminds me of Gaea's Balance. I'm confused why it's an artifact.