Best basics to pimp out your deck

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Posted on Feb. 27, 2015, 9:35 p.m. by JexInfinite

The age old debate of whether Unglued, Unhinged or full art Zendikar lands are the best.

I personally love the APAC and Euro lands to pimp out my decks which run few basics. If I have a lot of basics, I'll use a mix of Unglued and Unhinged, or Mirage.

A lot of people use Beta basics because the artwork was great, and they are black bordered. Others prefer obscure foils, Guru lands, or those super expensive Terese Nielsen judge rewards.

Which are the most pimping lands?

Epochalyptik says... #2

Moved to General.

Guru or go home.

February 27, 2015 9:36 p.m.

jwe94 says... #3

If for status, fame, fortune, women, etc. go guru otherwise get what you like to look at the most since it's your deck

February 27, 2015 9:39 p.m.

JexInfinite says... #4

jwe94 But some people like to look at 4th Edition basics. That's a sin.

February 27, 2015 9:41 p.m.

HolyFalcon says... #5

Odyssey foils. Island

February 27, 2015 9:43 p.m.

TurboFagoot says... #6

I love white bordered lands, so I'm usually pretty content with Revised.

But full art lands are gaudy as all hell. People who use them are trying way too hard.

February 27, 2015 9:45 p.m.

vampirelazarus says... #7

I use any pre modern bordered i can get.

However, if I had money, guru.

February 27, 2015 9:47 p.m.

lemmingllama says... #8

I personally like Revised lands just as a general thing, although I also love Onslaught forests. Tempest plains are also wonderful.

February 27, 2015 9:54 p.m.

sirbar says... #9

Onslaught block lands for forest and swamps. Urzas block for mountains and islands. I don't play white.

February 27, 2015 10:01 p.m.

tclaw12 says... #10

I use Foil Time Spiral basics in Standard, and Zendikar basics in modern.

February 27, 2015 10:05 p.m.

Osang says... #11

My John Avon land fandom always lead me to Unhinged for constructed and his Zendikar basics for limited.

Though, much like everyone else, no money = no guru

February 27, 2015 10:24 p.m.

Jay says... #12

Kamigawa's mountains are beautiful. I have a foil panorama and my god... it's better than GURUs to me.

February 27, 2015 10:27 p.m.

Usually anything by John Avon when it comes to basics.

February 27, 2015 10:30 p.m.

julianjmoss says... #14

I play guru lands in legacy, they are stunning

February 27, 2015 10:31 p.m.

Sainted says... #15

unhinged foils. my personal preference

February 27, 2015 10:52 p.m.

Slayne says... #16

I attend the Lossett School of Revised Basics.

February 27, 2015 11:02 p.m.

bigguy99 says... #17

Zendikar basics for Tiny Leaders and Modern, Unglued for EDH and Legacy. Unhinged lands are ass.

February 27, 2015 11:23 p.m.

WicKid52 says... #18

mercadian masques foils. Ah, perfection. As stated earlier, Kamigawa mountains are the sexiest of all basics.

February 27, 2015 11:35 p.m.

Full art lands from Zendikar and any legacy basics is what I run for most of my decks.

February 28, 2015 12:06 a.m.

If I had the cash for yon Guru lands, I'd play them for maximum pimpage. However, I do appreciate the Zendikar full lands. I also like foil basics of various sets. Shiny ish is awesome.

Side note: Do foil Zen lands exist?

February 28, 2015 12:24 a.m.

Jay says... #21

Yup. My brother has some, I used to. They range like 10-30 a pop from what I've seen.

February 28, 2015 12:35 a.m.

Hjaltrohir says... #22

I love zendikar full-arts, the unhinged/unglued don't seem as nice to me. I know what a guru land is, but what do they look like?

February 28, 2015 2:39 a.m.

julianjmoss says... #23

I actually really like the tempest lands, I play them in my edh and pauper decks

February 28, 2015 2:57 a.m.

maiden77 says... #24

for my cube I have all foils 50 of each basic, foil unhinged, zendikar full art foil, Terese Nielsen promos and the rest are my personal favourites, I like alot of the shadowmoor lands for example, and I liked the Innistrad lands too

February 28, 2015 4:27 a.m.

smackjack says... #25

I like this island :)

February 28, 2015 8:08 a.m.

JohnnyBaggins says... #26

Unhinged for me.

February 28, 2015 8:38 a.m.

JexInfinite says... #27

All your islands are crap compared to the $40 Venezia. Get on the Euro land level.

Nobody can pass up that $40 Venice island.

February 28, 2015 8:59 a.m.

The old borders just don't look vibrant enough to me. Unhinged all the way.

February 28, 2015 9:09 a.m.

I dunno about foiling them out, but I really love Zendikar basics. I also haven't really found art that I love in any other block. Now, I haven't looked through every single block but the ones I have seen haven't appealed to me.

February 28, 2015 9:42 a.m.

smackjack says... #30

Snow-Covered Island are also nice, and budget friendly :)

February 28, 2015 9:50 a.m.

Dalektable says... #31

I'm a big fan of the mirage islands now that i've been introduced to them, and i also like the white bordered revised basics.

February 28, 2015 5:48 p.m.

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