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Trace of Abundance

Enchantment — AuraRed or White manaGreen mana

Strap this onto a land that already taps for mana and that land starts producing an extra mana of any color on every tap: one source now covers two pips and any shade it could not reach on its own, which is the kind of acceleration that quietly repairs a greedy three-color manabase rather than merely ramping it. The cost is what makes the math line up: green plus either half of a Boros pip, so what you spend to play it matches the spectrum it unlocks, and it wants to sit on a dual or shockland already pulling double duty. The shroud clause is the line worth reading slowly, because it does exactly as much as the design needs and not a hair more. It walls the investment off from spot removal: an opponent pointing a Stone Rain effect or a generic destroy spell at the enchanted land would otherwise blow you out for two cards plus the tempo, and shroud forbids that line by removing the land as a legal target. But shroud only blocks targeting, so untargeted answers still connect: a global "destroy all lands," a sacrifice effect that names no target, a nonland board wipe that catches the Aura by another route. What you have built is a fixing-and-ramp anchor immune to removal aimed at it specifically, while still living inside the fragile category of permanents that mass effects can sweep off the table all at once.

Trace of Abundance (sld)
SLD · #1849common
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Oracle Text

Rules text

Enchant land Enchanted land has shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional one mana of any color.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
N/A
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
N/A
PreDH
Legal
Pauper Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
N/A
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
Legal
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