Locus
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2 cards 100% |
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| type:"Locus" | |
Locus is a nonbasic land type used for cards that depict mana rich observing posts on Mirrodin.
Description[edit | edit source]
The first card to bear the type was Cloudpost in Mirrodin. It adds for each Locus on the battlefield. Because multiple Loci looked inherently broken, R&D was hesitant to create additional ones.[1] Each new Locus would increase the amount of mana generated by Cloudpost. However, with the printing of Glimmerpost in Scars of Mirrodin deckbuilders were gifted a second playset of Loci and, alongside the landcopying Vesuva from Time Spiral could play up to twelve in one deck. [2] While fine for the Extended format, Cloudpost ended up on the Modern banlist on the second round in September 2015, and has stayed there since.
Storyline[edit | edit source]
Created by Memnarch to observe his imported creatures, they were later taken over by the Praetors of New Phyrexia.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- Locus is a land type, not a creature type; changelings are not a Locus and you can't use Conspiracy to make a creature a locus.
- To deliberatly confuse the issue, Locus was used as a creature type on the Mystery Booster test card Swarm of Locus.[3]
- Locus is also a location on Otaria, created by Ixidor
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (October, 2003). "Ask Wizards - October, 2003". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Bill Stark (September 3, 2011). "Feature: Focus on the Locus". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Eli Shiffrin (November 11, 2019). "Mystery Booster Release Notes". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
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