Awesome with Strip Mine, but can also be used to go infinite with Zuran Orb and Fastbond.

  -- By Jens N from Denmark on July 26, 2010

This is one of the very few cards I give 5 stars. Try Pairing it with Mana Vortex!

  -- By Jim from Madison, WI on August 11, 2009

Pretty interesting...I love using this card with Countryside Crusher. Armageddon is fun, too.

  -- By Greg from Atlanta on June 09, 2009

this card is great with armegeddon

  -- By Anonymous from wisconsin on June 01, 2009

Put this in a deck with countryside crusher and you lose the crusher's drawback, and sometimes end up with more land (almost always have one to play). Simply awesome. It is also good with sac lands like Terramorphic Expanse, not to mention cards with Retrace.

  -- By Wolfhawk from Tempe, AZ USA on May 28, 2009

Just to be a little more original w/ the card I use with *Fluctuator* and a *blasted landscape*(land) and cycle full deck, then songs of damned 4 insane B-mana and do something mean w/ it or haunting misery FTW!

  -- By Jason from Minneapolis, MN USA on March 26, 2009

This card has amazing control powers in type one. Used with strip mine or wasteland is devastating. This card put in a pox deck is absolutely amazing. A definate five star card.

  -- By bob c from cape cod, ma usa on February 03, 2009

Great card, I have it in a pretty cool deck with Dreamscape Artists, Budoka Gardener rites of flourishing, fastbond, and the cool part Walk the Aeons. It has happened more than once that I get infinite turns, which is pretty cool. If I were a betting man, I would bet on this card going up in price with the new mechanic in Eventide called retrace. you can discard a land in addition to the retrace cards mana cost to play it again from the graveyard! you discard the land for retrace, and with this badboy, you slap that land out, no loss, only hurt for your opponent.

  -- By Eric from Lethbridge, AB, Canada on June 29, 2008

This doesn't work with Land's Edge - you cannot discard a card that's not in your hand. You can play the card (into the In Play zone) but that's it. It does, however, work great with Dark Heart of the Wood and Fast Bond. net gain of two life (after the first) for each sac (to infinity).

  -- By Digz from CA, USA on May 29, 2007

The best combo is with Land's Edge from Legends. Infinity!

  -- By King from Mars on February 17, 2007

As above they mentioned it seems broken, well it is with fastbond and zuran orb or just fastbond and one of the odyssey sac lands like barbarian ring or colisseum, but I guess they all could work...not to mention strip minewasteland/ghost quarter...

  -- By Matt from Corbin,KY on January 18, 2007

nice combo with arcbound raveger and artifact lands and adding in a deciple of the vault not too bad either

  -- By Anonymous from USA on September 12, 2006

strip mine lotus! first turn EVIL man....just wrong. The best hand ever would be FASTBOND - LOTUS - Stripmine - COW - ZURAN ORB ...... you will win because they will quit.

  -- By jb from nj on June 26, 2006

fun card, use with Lake of the Dead or in type 2 with Gengus

  -- By Jake from Mesa AZ on April 17, 2005

alot of fun and games. i play with this in an all land deck with 'exploration' and 'bazaar of baghdad.' seems at first glance to be broken but is just really strong. although i could be wrong. as i've said before, i don't like the new format of MTG whereby the card has been "reframed" and "reformatted." like the art though and introduces a new artifact for a cheap cost(three or under) and kool ability......

  -- By Anonymous from gainesville, FL USA on February 05, 2005