Price$0.34 – $0.43

Demolition Field

Land

LegalRemovalRank #396

{T} : Add {C} .

{2} , {T} , Sacrifice this land: Destroy target nonbasic land an opponent controls. That land's controller may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. You may search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Why is this card good?

Why it's good: Demolition Field is the modern Strip Mine successor that fits in any deck — colorless, taps for mana, and only costs a land slot. Crucially, you also tutor a basic onto the battlefield, so you don't actually lose ground when you blow up their land. That makes it close to "free" interaction. What it targets: This is premium tech against problematic nonbasics — Cabal Coffers, Gaea's Cradle, Nykthos, Maze of Ith, The World Tree, or any combo land. It's also a clean answer to opposing utility lands in stax/control shells. Manlands and creature-lands are great hits too. Drawbacks: The downside vs. Strip Mine/Wasteland is the {2} cost and the symmetry — they get a basic too, so against ramp-heavy decks running few basics it shines, but against basic-light targets it's weaker. It's also pure land destruction, so it does nothing proactive. Skip it if: your deck is hyper-aggressive tempo where a tapland and a clunky activation slow you down, or you're heavy on color-intensive duals you'd rather not draw a colorless source over.