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Frenzied Tilling

Sorcery3 generic manaRed manaGreen mana

Land destruction that pays you back in fixing is a strange hybrid, and this one resolves the tension by making the Stone Rain half a clean upgrade rather than a tempo gamble. Most red land destruction sets your opponent back a turn while doing nothing for you; here the wreckage doubles as ramp, since the basic you tutor enters tapped but works for the caster. That reframes the spell from disruption into acceleration with a sting attached: you blow up an opposing dual or a problem land, then thin your deck and fix your own colors in the same motion. Asking five mana for a one-for-one on lands is a steep rate by denial standards alone, which is precisely why the search clause has to be there: it converts a card that would otherwise be pure removal into one that advances your own board even when the destruction target is mediocre. The Gruul color pair is the right home for the effect: red owns the destruction, green owns the ramp, and the card sits exactly on the seam between them. It never had the explosiveness to anchor a strategy, but it captures a specific design idea cleanly, that aggression against an opponent's mana and investment in your own can live on one card when the price is set high enough to keep that symmetry from coming free.

Frenzied Tilling (gtc)
GTC · #166uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.06
Foil: $0.40
Oracle Text

Rules text

Destroy target land. Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
Legal
Brawl
N/A
Historic
N/A
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
N/A
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
Legal
PreDH
Legal
Pauper Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
N/A
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
N/A
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