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Land
{tap}: Add {colorless}.
{tap}, Sacrifice this land: Destroy target land.
Unlike previous conflicts, the war between Urza and Mishra made Dominia itself a casualty of war.
Ban history
Unconditional colourless land destruction; Wasteland is the legal alternative.
- Banned in Premodern
- On or before May 2018
- On earliest archived list; likely since 2012 founding
- Category
- Power
- Research
- Research confidence: Medium confidence
- First printed
- First printed in Antiquities (4 March 1994); Premodern-legal via Fourth Edition.
Why it’s banned
Power level / play experience (no published rationale).
Official reason
No official reason published.
Community & historical context (not an official statement)
Analytical/community: colourless free land destruction that any deck can play and recur (Draftsim). Wasteland (nonbasic-only) is legal and widely played. Historically restricted in Standard and banned in Type 1.5 in Oct 1996, on Extended's initial 1997 list, restricted in Vintage since Jan 1998, still banned in Legacy.[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
The story
Strip Mine (Antiquities, 1994; in Fourth Edition) was restricted in Standard in October 1996, on Extended's first ban list, and has been restricted in Vintage since 1998. Premodern has banned it on every archived list while leaving Wasteland legal. No official reason was published; community writers cite how one cheap land can put any opponent behind on mana.
Premodern changes
- On listOn the earliest archived Premodern ban list.[7]
Other formats (Wizards)
Historical context, not Premodern decisions.
- LegacyBanned
- StandardRestricted
- StandardBanned
- ExtendedBanned
- VintageRestricted
Related cards
Wasteland
Rishadan Port
Dust Bowl- Crucible of Worlds
Sources
- Draftsim: The Premodern Ban List: All 33 Cards Banned (A.L. Walser, 2026-04-24) — community
- Ban list update June 2018 (Martin Berlin, 2018-06-25)
- MTG Wiki: Banned and restricted cards/Timeline
- MTGBans.info per-card timelines (effective dates; site's AI-generated rationales NOT used)
- MTG Wiki: Legacy
- MTG Wiki: Vintage
- Wayback: premodernmagic.com/banned-watched/ 2018-05-06 (34 banned, 5 watched)
- Scryfall card data (printings, release dates)
- premodernmagic.com legal sets endpoint
Research as of 18 October 2026.
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Played in tournaments
Share of published Premodern decklists that play Strip Mine (main or sideboard): 2,544 lists from paper events and MTGO in the last 90 days, through .
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Printings (17)
Every tournament-legal paper printing (no gold-border, World Championship or oversized cards). Hover or tap a row to preview that printing.
