The Unfathomable Crushing Brutality of Basic Lands

February 12, 2021

The Unfathomable Crushing Brutality of Basic Lands was a five-card Secret Lair drop featuring full-art versions of all five basic land types, illustrated by Mark Riddick. His extreme-metal and horror-inspired artwork gave the lands a stark, unsettling aesthetic that contrasted sharply with the traditional fantasy landscapes normally associated with basic lands. The drop was notable for transforming some of Magic's most commonplace cards into distinctive collector pieces through an unusually dark and cohesive artistic treatment.