First printed in Zendikar (2009)

All 12 prints

Special Guests (SPG) #109, 2025
Special Guests (SPG) #114, 2025
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #91405, 2021 (digital)
Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) #244, 2021
Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) #436, 2021
Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) #475, 2021
Modern Horizons 2 Promos (PMH2) #244s, 2021
Zendikar Rising Expeditions (ZNE) #9, 2020
Secret Lair: Ultimate Edition (SLU) #4, 2020
Modern Masters 2017 (MM3) #229, 2017
Zendikar Expeditions (EXP) #24, 2015
Zendikar (ZEN) #211, 2009

Arid Mesa

Land

tap , 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 28.3% of Modern decks played it (47 of 166). Most played in Moonshadow. In the last 30 days 11.7% of Legacy decks played it (31 of 264). Most played in Bant Murktide.

Staple

Modern staples: main deck, 27% of decks (#7)
Lands, Tutors
Legacy staples: main deck, 10% of decks (#59)
Lands, Tutors
Duel Commander staples: main deck, 78% of decks (#6)
Lands, Tutors

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

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

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Modern Other periods →

In 47 of 166 decks (28.3%).

Share of decks

26.7%

vs previous 30 days

Decks

36 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

2.7

in the main deck

Win rate

56%

7 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Moonshadow	9.0%	67%
URG (unclassified)	6.0%	90%
Boros Energy	4.2%	86%
WUBRG (unclassified)	4.2%	29%
Azorius Control	3.0%	100%
Domain Zoo	3.0%	20%
Ruby Storm	2.4%	75%
WBRG (unclassified)	2.4%	75%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Lightning Bolt	69%	2.6
Bloodstained Mire	61%	2.3
Marsh Flats	47%	1.9
Blood Crypt	44%	2.1
Mishra's Bauble	44%	2.0
Raucous Theater	39%	2.3
Sacred Foundry	36%	2.4
Flooded Strand	36%	1.9
Thundering Falls	33%	2.6
Elegant Parlor	31%	3.4

Best win rate

Deck	Record
WUR Bails76 in Modern Challenge 32	6-2 75%
URG sedotwc in Modern Challenge 16	6-2 75%
Boros Energy Craigpuncher in Modern Challenge 32	5-2 71%
Boros Energy MisterTwin in Modern Challenge 32	5-2 71%
Moonshadow komattaman in Modern Challenge 32	5-2 71%
Azorius Control eclipse4343 in Modern Challenge 32	4-2 67%
Azorius Control mlex in Modern Challenge 32	4-2 67%
URG Marlin583 in Modern Challenge 32	4-2 67%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
WUR Bails76, 28 Oct	4 main	#3 6-2
Boros Energy Craigpuncher, 28 Oct	4 main	#6 5-2
Azorius Control eclipse4343, 28 Oct	3 main	#9 4-2
Azorius Control mlex, 28 Oct	3 main	#14 4-2
URG Marlin583, 28 Oct	2 main	#16 4-2
WUBRG Napoleon_I, 28 Oct	4 main	#20 3-3
Moonshadow rastaf, 28 Oct	1 main	#23 3-3
Azorius Control nahuel10, 28 Oct	3 main	#25 3-3

Legacy Other periods →

In 31 of 264 decks (11.7%).

Share of decks

9.6%

vs previous 30 days

Decks

10 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

2.7

in the main deck

Win rate

30%

0 top 8 (challenges only)