An Homage to the Strongest Card in Magic
EntertainmentBy SanchoN (2018-05-03)
Black Lotus, Ancestral Recall, Time Walk, Timetwister and the five moxes are all powerful Magic cards. But one card stands above them all - the basic Island. Where would Magic be without the wonders of Counterspells, timing, priority and all the subtleties that come with the ability to tap an Island.
No need to mention the advantages of U.
R provides you with priceless hate for the most powerful color by far: U
This is the rares of all dual lands, as it was mistakenly left out from alpha. That means that there are 1100 more of each other dual land than Volcanic Island.
It also used to be the bad blue dual land, with traders usually had too many Volcanics because people wanted to trade these for other, more useful, duals. That changed after Delver of Secrets was printed.