| Locus | |
|---|---|
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| Land Type | |
| (Subtype for land cards) | |
| Storm Scale | 8[1] |
| Statistics |
4 cards
as of Modern Horizons 3 75%  25% |
| Scryfall Search | |
| type:"Locus" | |
Locus is a nonbasic land type used for cards that depict mana rich observing posts on Mirrodin.
Description[ | ]
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.[2] 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. [3] 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.
Phyrexia: All Will Be One contained Monument to Perfection, a card that can search for a Locus, but didn't add any new Locus cards.[4][5] However, MH3 Commander added the third Locus with Trenchpost, and also featured Planar Nexus, which is every non-basic land type.
Storyline[ | ]
Created by Memnarch to observe his imported creatures, they were later taken over by the Praetors of New Phyrexia.
Trivia[ | ]
- 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.[6]
- Locus is also a location on Otaria, created by Ixidor
- Planar Nexus has the type from its ability to have all non-basic land types.
See also[ | ]
References[ | ]
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (2019-10-03). "storm scale for the locus land type?...". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (January 25, 2023). "Why give us a card that looks for Locus lands if you didn't give us another Locus land in the set?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (January 26, 2023). "Why no new Locus in the latest set?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Eli Shiffrin (November 11, 2019). "Mystery Booster Release Notes". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
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