Hallowed Fountain

Land — Plains Island

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As this enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, this enters the battlefield tapped.

Discussion (48)

Balaam__ on “I See Dead People” Spirit Deck

1 week ago

No problem, lespaul977, happy to help. Shimmering Grotto isn’t too bad; the can be paid into any spell with generic mana requirements, of which you have quite a few. So that works. Ideally though you’ll want access to and without needing to pay —that’s the big downside to the Hefner land. Which is why the gold standard will always be OG Dual lands (Tundra), Fetchlands (Flooded Strand) and Shocklands (Hallowed Fountain). If you wish to keep both kidneys, that really limits one’s options. Basically everything else that can produce and either enters tapped or else has some other recurring drawback (think Forbidden Orchard).

Short answer: Shimmering Grotto is perfectly functional, but is too slow for any real competitive scenario.

Balaam__ on “I See Dead People” Spirit Deck

1 week ago

I like the core structure of what you’ve built here. Initial thoughts would be a need for more control; most spirit decks run things like Skyclave Apparition or Spell Queller—creatures that in and of themselves really have an impact on the board as they enter. Those cards are significantly costlier than the individual card budget you’ve allotted, though. If they’re not an option, I’d recommend leaning more heavily into true control spells. Counterspell would perform better than Dissipate, but if that’s slightly out of range then I’d recommend Mana Leak and Spell Pierce. Seal Away is a cheap alternative to On Thin Ice or Path to Exile and works well enough.

Also, while dual lands (i.e. Hallowed Fountain) would be ideal, they’re exorbitantly expensive. Tranquil Cove suffices as a thrifty alternative.

Unwaged_Tiger on The good old beeble bomb! (^_^)

3 weeks ago

You should put in Tundra or Hallowed Fountain instead of Tranquil Cove

Stryfe_ on Azdranax

1 month ago

My foil (etched) Force of Negation for

2 Counterspell 2 Hallowed Fountain 1 Watery Grave 2 Archmage's Charm 4 Fatal Push 1 Marsh Flats ?

stellarnear on Take it it's yours

1 month ago

rework land

Command Beacon > Bloodstained Mire
Evolving Wilds > Windswept Heath
Glacial Fortress > Marsh Flats
Maze of Ith > Flooded Strand
Sulfur Falls > Arid Mesa
Terramorphic Expanse > Sacred Foundry
2 Island > Hallowed Fountain Steam Vents

stellarnear on Draw for the win

1 month ago

rework land

Command Beacon > Bloodstained Mire
Evolving Wilds > Windswept Heath
Glacial Fortress > Marsh Flats
Maze of Ith > Flooded Strand
Sulfur Falls > Arid Mesa
Terramorphic Expanse > Sacred Foundry
2 Island > Hallowed Fountain Steam Vents

Talismancer on Skies

2 months ago

While this deck has long been the better version of my Birds deck, that doesn't mean it couldn't be improved, and with play a few things have stuck out to me 1) Never having the right coloured mana. I own so many decks that upgrading them all with better mana bases is impossible, but I have finally conceded that this is one of my favourites and therefore should have something better than Tranquil Cove for dual mana. Note, still limited by a mix of what I had, what I could source, and what I could afford for the about £30 I was prepared to spend on these modifications.

-4 Tranquil Cove

-2 Island

-2 Plains

+4 Hengegate Pathway  ^Flip

+3 Glacial Fortress

+1 Hallowed Fountain

While I was buying cards, I decided to look into what did and didn't get played in this deck. Emeria Angel is a fantastic card, but it turns out that the 4 mana cost is too high, I'd rather be playing more smaller things. Also wanting to put it off until I could use the landfall made for poor play decisions, so it's being cut. In it's place needs to go removal. Sadly proxied for the time being.

-4 Emeria Angel

+4 Swords to Plowshares

The last two changes are cards I discovered while having a search. Warden of Evos Isle is the underrated MVP of this deck, I always misjudge how good it is. However being in White as well as Blue, it turns out that there's a cheaper Bird that does the same effect, with a little extra upside.

-4 Warden of Evos Isle

+4 Watcher of the Spheres

Last on the changes list are my blue enchantments. Favorable Winds and Gravitational Shift are both perfectly good cards, but the former is always a tad underwhelming for not having a body, and the latter is actually too much mana. so they're getting swapped for Empyrean Eagle which has a body and gives the boost too, at an acceptable 3 mana.

=3 Favorable Winds

-1 Gravitational Shift

+4 Empyrean Eagle

Minousmancer on Historic STOMPY Flash

4 months ago

Just do you, you could use cards like Flood Plain , Hallowed Fountain , or Hengegate Pathway  ^Flip...