Squandered Resources
Squandered Resources: Enchantment, Visions. Sacrifice a land: Add one mana of any type the sacrificed land could produce. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {B}{G}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colour identity
- Black and green (BG)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Visions (VIS)
- Released
- 1997-02-03
- Collector number
- 137
- Artist
- Romas Kukalis
- Reserved List
- Yes
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About Squandered Resources
Squandered Resources is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black and green enchantment from Visions (VIS), an expansion set released in February 1997. It is collector number 137 in that set, with art by Romas Kukalis. It costs {B}{G} (one black and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is black and green. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. It has been printed in 2 sets. It is on the Reserved List. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $76.02 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Sacrifice a land: Add one mana of any type the sacrificed land could produce.
"He traded sand for skins, skins for gold, gold for life. In the end, he traded life for sand." -Afari, *Tales*
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $76.02 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Squandered Resources by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
Other printings of Squandered Resources
Squandered Resources has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Oversized League Prizes (OLEP) #69 | Rare | 1999 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Squandered Resources.
- Can sacrifice a land which can’t produce mana, but you don’t get any mana from this ability.
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