Limited Resources
Limited Resources: Enchantment, Exodus. When this enchantment enters, each player chooses five lands they control and sacrifices the rest. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {W}
- Mana value
- 1
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colour identity
- White (W)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Exodus (EXO)
- Released
- 1998-06-15
- Collector number
- 10
- Artist
- Keith Parkinson
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About Limited Resources
Limited Resources is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white enchantment from Exodus (EXO), an expansion set released in June 1998. It is collector number 10 in that set, with art by Keith Parkinson. It costs {W} (one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Premodern and Duel Commander. It is banned in Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. Exodus is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.93 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
When this enchantment enters, each player chooses five lands they control and sacrifices the rest.
Players can't play lands as long as ten or more lands are on the battlefield.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.93 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Limited Resources by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Commander | Banned |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Banned |
| PreDH | Banned |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Limited Resources, newest first.
- The sacrificed lands are chosen during resolution. The current player chooses first.
- If a player has less than 5 lands, they get to pick and keep all of their lands.
- You can put lands onto the battlefield using effects, you just can’t play lands from your hand as an action.
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