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Land
LegalRank #563
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, : Move a counter from target permanent you control onto a second target permanent. Activate only as a sorcery.
Why is this card good?
Nesting Grounds is a counter-manipulation utility land that earns its slot in dedicated +1/+1 counter or proliferate decks. The beauty is it costs you almost nothing—it's a colorless land that taps for mana, so the counter-moving ability is essentially free deck slot inclusion.
The real power is flexibility. You can move +1/+1 counters onto a creature you want to swing with, shift loyalty counters between planeswalkers, relocate -1/-1 counters off your stuff, move charge counters, or consolidate counters before a sacrifice/proliferate payoff. In decks like Atraxa, Pir/Toothy, Hamza, or any superfriends/counters build, it's genuinely useful tech.
Who wants it: +1/+1 counter matters commanders, proliferate decks, planeswalker-heavy builds, and anything with counter synergies (Hardened Scales, etc.).
When NOT to play it: Any deck without counter themes—it's just a tapland that enters producing only colorless and does nothing. The sorcery-speed restriction also limits combat tricks. Don't run it for the "value" alone; it needs targets to matter.
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Hardened Scales
Synergizes with counter manipulation by amplifying +1/+1 counters.
Doubling Season
Doubles counters that Nesting Grounds-type decks care about.
Evolution Sage
Proliferates counters supporting the same counter-centric themes.
Pir, Imaginative Rascal
Adds counters, working with counter-shifting effects.
Karn's Bastion
Colorless land that proliferates counters, filling a similar utility role.
Inkmoth Nexus
Counter-based utility land that benefits from moved counters for combat.
Printings (14)
Played by these commanders
Perrie, the Pulverizer100% of 1
Tidus, Yuna's Guardian100% of 2
Auntie Ool, Cursewretch100% of 1
The Wise Mothman100% of 1
Kathril, Aspect Warper100% of 1