{"product_id":"volraths-stronghold","title":"Volrath's Stronghold (Original Art)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVolrath’s Stronghold\u003c\/em\u003e is a Legendary Land from \u003cem\u003eStronghold\u003c\/em\u003e (1998), that can tap for one colorless mana or put a creature card from your graveyard on top of your library by paying (1)(B) and tapping it. It’s one of the earliest examples of a utility land that provides repeatable card advantage – a design space later echoed in cards like \u003cem\u003eAcademy Ruins\u003c\/em\u003e (for artifacts), and \u003cem\u003eHall of Heliod’s Generosity\u003c\/em\u003e (for enchantments). \u003cem\u003eVolrath’s Stronghold\u003c\/em\u003e is a masterpiece of grindy resource recursion, it trades tempo for inevitability and embodies black’s themes of death and recursion without card draw. It’s a form of graveyard recursion because it lets you recycle threats and value creatures indefinitely. Being a land means it’s hard to interact with, which makes it a very resilient card. It also has a great synergy with tutor effects (e.g. \u003cem\u003eSurvival of the Fittest\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEntomb\u003c\/em\u003e, or \u003cem\u003eBuried Alive\u003c\/em\u003e) for constant value. \u003cem\u003eVolrath’s Stronghold \u003c\/em\u003eis legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander (EDH), and Premodern. It was used in Legacy Midrange and Control lists as a one-of utility land in decks such as The Rock, Nic Fit, and 4c Loam (2000’s-2010’s). In these decks it functioned as a late-game recursion engine to recover cards like \u003cem\u003eEternal Witness\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eKnight of the Reliquary\u003c\/em\u003e, while also having great synergy with \u003cem\u003eLife from the Loam\u003c\/em\u003e. In Commander (EDH), it’s one of the most beloved recursion engines in mono-black, Golgari, and multi-color control decks. In these decks its often paired with various creature-based value engines (e.g. \u003cem\u003eGrave Titan, Eternal Witness, Fierce Empath\u003c\/em\u003e). It allows for inevitable card advantage in longer games and also works perfectly with sacrifice outlets (e.g. \u003cem\u003eBirthing Pod, Phyrexian Altar\u003c\/em\u003e). \u003cem\u003eVolrath’s Stronghold\u003c\/em\u003e is also a core land in many different Premodern black-green based attrition decks (e.g. Rb Goblins, Survival, The Rock, BW Control, Mono Black Control). \u003cem\u003eVolrath’s Stronghold\u003c\/em\u003e is on the Reserved List, it will never be reprinted.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"artwhirled","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44762018119725,"sku":null,"price":0.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/8000\/6957\/files\/Volraths_Stronghold_Original_Art_front_a_white.jpg?v=1775126775","url":"https:\/\/artwhirled.com\/products\/volraths-stronghold","provider":"Art Whirled","version":"1.0","type":"link"}