First printed in Zendikar (2009)
All 12 prints
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Special Guests (SPG) #109, 2025
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Special Guests (SPG) #114, 2025
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Magic Online Promos (PRM) #91405, 2021 (digital)
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Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) #244, 2021
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Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) #436, 2021
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Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) #475, 2021
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Modern Horizons 2 Promos (PMH2) #244s, 2021
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Zendikar Rising Expeditions (ZNE) #9, 2020
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Secret Lair: Ultimate Edition (SLU) #4, 2020
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Modern Masters 2017 (MM3) #229, 2017
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Zendikar Expeditions (EXP) #24, 2015
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Zendikar (ZEN) #211, 2009
Arid Mesa
Land
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Mountain or Plains card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
In the last 30 days 36.8% of Modern decks played it (823 of 2236). Most played in Moonshadow. In the last 30 days 12.3% of Legacy decks played it (132 of 1071). Most played in Boros Energy.
In Limited on MTG Arena
Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).
| Set | GIH WR | vs set | IWD | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM), Premier Draft | 54.7% | -0.4 | -1.4 | 686 |
- GIH WR
- win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
- vs set
- points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
- IWD
- improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
- Games
- games in which the card was seen
Staple
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Modern staples:
main deck, 30% of decks (#2)
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Legacy staples:
main deck, 12% of decks (#35)
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Commander staples:
main deck, 49% of decks (#35)
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Duel Commander staples:
main deck, 61% of decks (#10)
Lands, Tutors
Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.
Combos
31 combos from Commander Spellbook, the most popular first.
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite colorless mana…: Arid Mesa + Ghost Town + Kodama of the East Tree + Scute Swarm
- Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Arid Mesa + Ghost Town + Kodama of the East Tree + Tireless Provisioner
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite colorless mana…: Arid Mesa + Ghost Town + Kodama of the East Tree + Omnath, Locus of Rage
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite colorless mana…: Arid Mesa + Field of the Dead + Ghost Town + Kodama of the East Tree
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite colorless mana…: Arid Mesa + Ghost Town + Kodama of the East Tree + Rampaging Baloths
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite colorless mana…: Arid Mesa + Felidar Retreat + Ghost Town + Kodama of the East Tree
- Infinite artifact tokens, Infinite colorless mana…: Arid Mesa + Ghost Town + Kodama of the East Tree + Tireless Tracker
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite colorless mana…: Arid Mesa + Ghost Town + Kodama of the East Tree + Springheart Nantuko
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite colorless mana…: Arid Mesa + Ghost Town + Kodama of the East Tree + Zendikar's Roil
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite colorless mana…: Arid Mesa + Ghost Town + Greensleeves, Maro-Sorcerer + Kodama of the East Tree
Legality
Constructed
- Standard Not legal
- Pioneer Not legal
- Modern Legal
- Legacy Legal
- Vintage Legal
- Pauper Not legal
- Future Standard Not legal
- Historic Banned
- Timeless Legal
- Alchemy Not legal
- Penny Dreadful Not legal
- Premodern Not legal
- Old School 93/94 Not legal
Singleton
- Gladiator Legal
Commander formats
- Commander Legal
- Duel Commander Legal
- Pauper Commander Not legal
- PreDH Legal
- Tiny Leaders Legal
- Oathbreaker Legal
- Brawl Legal
- Standard Brawl Not legal
- Competitive Brawl Legal
