Depletion land

Depletion lands are nonbasic lands that enter the battlefield with a number of depletion counters (or another type of counter) on them and can be tapped and counters can be removed to add mana. In contrast to storage lands, additional counters cannot be added to these card by themselves at a later point in time, so the mana source runs out with use.

Ice Age depletion lands

The "depletion lands" from Ice Age introduced depletion counters, but are much closer to nap land functionality wise. Each land could be tapped for one mana of an allied-color pair and the land would gain a depletion counter, which would be removed at the beginning of the land's controller's upkeep and which would prevent the land from untapping as long as it had a depletion counter on it.

• Land Cap (/)
• River Delta (/)
• Lava Tubes (/)
• Timberline Ridge (/)
• Veldt (/)

Gemstone Mine

Weatherlight introduced the first true depletion land. Gemstone Mine enters the battlefield with three mining counters. It can add one mana of any color for and the removal of a mining counter. When the last counter is removed, it is sacrificed.

Mercadian Masques depletion lands

Mercadian Masques introduced a cycle of depletion taplands. Each of these lands enters the battlefield with two depletion counters. Each can add two mana of a specific color for and the removal of a depletion counter. When the last counter is removed, the land is sacrificed.

• Remote Farm ()
• Saprazzan Skerry ()
• Peat Bog ()
• Sandstone Needle ()
• Hickory Woodlot ()

Tendo Ice Bridge

Introduced in Betrayers of Kamigawa the Tendo Ice Bridge enters the battlefield with one charge counter on it and can be tapped for . It can also add one mana of any color for and the removal of a charge counter.

Vivid lands

The vivid lands are taplands introduced in Lorwyn. They enter the battlefield with two charge counters on them. Each can be tapped to add mana of a specific color. They can also remove a charge counter from them to add one mana of any color.

• Vivid Meadow ()
• Vivid Creek ()
• Vivid Marsh ()
• Vivid Crag ()
• Vivid Grove ()

The artwork of the vivid lands depicts a location associated with their specific color and a rainbow which is a theme often used for cards that can produce any color of mana.

See also

• Morselhoarder, Pentad Prism, Workhorse, Rasputin, the Oneiromancer - permanents that enter with a number of counters that can be removed for a burst of mana
  • Cryptic Trilobite, Crystalline Crawler, Iceberg, Rasputin Dreamweaver - same as above, but can be "recharged"
• Sphere of the Suns, Channeler Initiate, Mana Bloom - permanents that enter with a number of counters that can be removed one at a time for mana
• Aether Hub - A land like Tendo Ice Bridge that uses Energy counters, which is rechargeable through other means