Mutavault (Original Art)

One of artist Fred Field’s top 2 MTG paintings, Mutavault is one of the most iconic utility lands in Magic’s history, originally printed in Morningtide (2008). It can tap for one colorless mana or can be turned into a 2/2 creature with all creature types until end of turn. It’s simple, powerful, and has seen success across multiple formats and archetypes for over a decade. Because it’s colorless it fits into many different decks, while also having tribal synergy since it has all creature types (e.g. Merfolk, Faeries, Elves, Humans,..). Mutavault is played so much because it’s both a land and a creature slot into one card. During the Lorwyn- Alara Standard and M14 Standard, Mutavault was a staple in aggressive and tribal decks (e.g. Faeries, Mono-Black Devotion, White Weenie, Merfolk). It served as both a creature and a source of reach after a potential board wipe (e.g. Wrath of God or Supreme Verdict). In Modern it’s still a format staple in creature-based and tribal decks such as Merfolk, Humans, Mono-Red Aggro and Eldrazi Tron/aggro decks. In legacy it has mostly seen play in Merfolk decks and to a lesser extent Slivers and Faeries lists. Although these decks have fallen out of favor in the current legacy metagame. In the Commander formats it’s a common utility land in certain tribal decks (Elves, Zombies, Faeries,..). Mutavault is not on the Reserved List and has several reprints (Magic 2014, Double Masters 2022...)