Price$215.00 – $2200.00
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Land — Mountain Forest
LegalReserved ListRank #440
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Why is this card good?
Taiga is a dual land from the original "ABUR" dual cycle, and it's about as good as a fixing land gets. It taps for both red and green untapped, with no life loss, no conditions, and — crucially — it carries both the Mountain and Forest basic land types.
That typing is the real reason to run it over a tapland or shockland alternative. Fetch lands (Wooded Foothills, Windswept Heath, etc.) can grab it, and it gets buffed or enabled by cards like Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth, Dryad of the Ilysian Grove, and various ramp/land-matters synergies. In a Gruul deck, it's a near-zero-cost upgrade to your manabase.
Any Gruul commander wants this — Xenagos, Omnath, Klothys, aggressive stompy or ramp lists all benefit, especially with fetchlands.
The only reason NOT to run it: budget. Reserved List status makes Taigas expensive, and a basic-typed alternative or a Karplusan Forest gets you 90% of the way there for pennies. Don't overpay if your deck isn't fetch-heavy.
Related cards
Stomping Ground
Shock land with same Mountain Forest types and R/G fixing.
Wooded Foothills
Fetchland that finds Taiga or other R/G dual lands.
Cinder Glade
Battle land producing R/G with Mountain Forest types.
Karplusan Forest
Painland giving R/G fixing in Gruul decks.
Copperline Gorge
Fast land entering untapped early for R/G.
Fire-Lit Thicket
Filter land producing R/G mana.
Rootbound Crag
Check land producing R/G untapped.
Sacred Foundry
Comparable dual land model; relevant for Boros but iconic shock dual reference.
Printings (11)
Combos (8)
- Taigam, Master Opportunist + Clockspinning + Time Stretch
→ Infinite turns, Lock
- The Tenth Doctor + Taigam, Master Opportunist + Time Stretch
→ Infinite turns, Lock
- Taigam, Master Opportunist + Clockspinning + Time Warp
→ Infinite turns, Lock
- Taigam, Master Opportunist + Clockspinning + Nexus of Fate
→ Infinite turns, Lock
- Taigam, Master Opportunist + Clockspinning + Temporal Manipulation
→ Infinite turns, Lock
- Taigam, Master Opportunist + Clockspinning + Temporal Mastery
→ Infinite turns, Lock
Rulings (2)
- 2008-10-01
This has the mana abilities associated with both of its basic land types.
- 2008-10-01
This has basic land types, but it isn't a basic land. Things that affect basic lands don't affect it. Things that affect basic land types do.