Price$0.30 – $4.85
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Land
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Why is this card good?
Rugged Prairie is one of the filter lands, and it's quietly excellent fixing for any Boros (R/W) deck. The trick is that the activated ability takes one R/W mana in and spits two out, so it effectively converts colored mana you already have into precisely the colors you need. This means it doesn't just fix — it fixes without losing mana count, which is better than a tapland or many duals for double-pipped costs.
Where it shines: Boros decks that lean hard on intensive colored costs — equipment/aggro, big Boros spellslinger payoffs, or anything wanting or reliably on curve. It plays beautifully with other untapped fixing.
The catch: It can't make colored mana on its own. If it's your only land or you have no other R/W source, it just taps for one colorless. So you want it alongside several real sources, not as your fixing backbone.
Don't run it in two-color decks already drowning in untapped duals — but for committed Boros, it's a near-auto-include.
or reliably on curve. It plays beautifully with other untapped fixing.
The catch: It can't make colored mana on its own. If it's your only land or you have no other R/W source, it just taps for one colorless. So you want it alongside several real sources, not as your fixing backbone.
Don't run it in two-color decks already drowning in untapped duals — but for committed Boros, it's a near-auto-include.Related cards
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Printings (12)
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