Temple Garden
Mana Cost: -
Type: Land — Forest Plains
Oracle Text:
({T}: Add {G} or {W}.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Power/Toughness: -/-
Rarity: rare
Prints: View all prints (1) →
Expansion: Lorwyn Eclipsed
Price ( USD): $7.84
USD: $7.84 · EUR: €6.93
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Character Background
Temple Garden is the classic shockland that sits on the border between Forest and Plains, offering raw color-fixing and a clean tempo choice: pay 2 life to keep it untapped or fall behind a turn. That binary makes it ideal for tempo-oriented aggro and midrange Selesnya builds that need early plays — paying the life for an untapped Temple Garden to cast a one-drop or curve out into a two-drop is often worth the tempo swing. Deckbuilding tip: pair it with fetchlands (Windswept Heath, Verdant Catacombs) to reliably find it, and include a few life‑gain pieces (Soul Warden, Ajani’s Welcome, or Kitchen Finks) if your meta punishes incremental life loss. It also enables greedy two-color combos and value shells by stabilizing green/white requirements, so prioritize 3–4 copies in 2‑color lists and adjust basics to avoid awkward draws. Thematically it reads as a cultivated hinge between wild and ordered magic — mechanically, a straightforward, flexible fixer that asks a simple but meaningful choice every time it enters.
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