Natural Balance
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This printing
SetOLEP
Collector #71
Released1999-02-11
Rarityrare
ArtistJohn Malloy
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesReprint
ScryfallOpen ↗

Natural Balance

RareReserved listColour IDMV 4
Sorcery
Each player who controls six or more lands chooses five lands they control and sacrifices the rest. Each player who controls four or fewer lands may search their library for up to X basic land cards and put them onto the battlefield, where X is five minus the number of lands they control. Then each player who searched their library this way shuffles.
Card capabilities
Sorcery
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
2 other English printingsEarliest 1996-10-08Newest 1999-02-11Cheapest priced $2.91 in MIR
Rulings (1)
wotc4 Oct 2004
You are not required to find all the basic lands you are entitled to.