{"product_id":"city-of-traitors","title":"City of Traitors (Original Art)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCity of Traitors\u003c\/em\u003e is a land card from \u003cem\u003eExodus\u003c\/em\u003e (1998), that can be tapped for two colorless mana, and must be sacrificed when you play another land. It’s the definition of “explosive mana”, giving you two colorless mana immediately, at the cost of being temporary – once you play another land, it’s gone. This makes it a cornerstone of decks that want explosive colorless mana and execute a powerful early-game play before the opponent can stabilize. It’s not a card for every deck, it’s for players who value tempo and burst mana over long-term stability. \u003cem\u003eCity of Traitors\u003c\/em\u003e enables turn-one or turn-two plays that normally wouldn’t be possible (e.g. \u003cem\u003eChalice of the Void, Trinisphere\u003c\/em\u003e). The drawback – having to sacrifice it if you play another land – rarely matters in the decks that want it. These decks either don’t need to play more lands, or use artifact mana or Sol lands to keep the pressure on. \u003cem\u003eCity of Traitors\u003c\/em\u003e was played at the 1999 World Championship¬ in Kai Budde’s winning Red-Artifact Wildfire deck. In Legacy, \u003cem\u003eCity of Traitors\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the format’s defining lands – a pillar of the format in decks collectively called “Sol Land” strategies. It’s played in decks like Eldrazi Stompy, Mono-Red Prison \/ Dragon Stompy, Painter, Cloudpost Ramp \/ “12 Post”, and Karn Forge. In Vintage, it appears in MUD \/ Workshop decks that rely on \u003cem\u003eMishra’s Workshop\u003c\/em\u003e but want redundancy in explosive mana sources. In Commander (EDH), it sees play in artifact-heavy, colorless, or stax decks – particularly with commanders like \u003cem\u003eKarn, Silver Golem\u003c\/em\u003e or \u003cem\u003eKozilek, the Great Distortion\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eCity of Traitors\u003c\/em\u003e is on the Reserved List.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"artwhirled","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44762016645165,"sku":null,"price":0.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/8000\/6957\/files\/City_of_Traitors_Original_Art_front_a_white.jpg?v=1775126707","url":"https:\/\/artwhirled.com\/products\/city-of-traitors","provider":"Art Whirled","version":"1.0","type":"link"}