Arcane Signet - Borderless (LCC)

The Grey Havens

Card Type: Legendary Land
Card Text:
When The Grey Havens enters the battlefield, scry 1.
T: Add C.
T: Add one mana of any color among legendary creature cards in your graveyard.
Flavour Text:
"There dwelt Cirdan the Shipwright, and some say he dwells there still, until the Last Ship sets sail into the West."
Artist: Alayna Danner

Card Strengths and Weaknesses:

• Strengths:
  • Enters the battlefield ability provides a scry 1, giving you some early control over your draws.
  • Versatile mana production; can add colorless or colored mana based on the legendary creatures in your graveyard.
• Weaknesses:
  • The colored mana ability is conditional on having legendary creatures in your graveyard, making it situational.
  • Doesn't inherently produce colored mana without conditions.

Deck Utility:

• Legendary Creature-Focused Decks: Can work well in decks built around legendary creatures.

• Multi-Colored Decks: Useful for decks that require a wide range of mana colors, especially if you can easily get legendary creatures into the graveyard.

• Graveyard Interaction: Combines well with decks that have mechanics to place legendary creatures in the graveyard.

Interactions and Combos:

• Legendary Creatures: Provides colored mana based on the legendary creatures in your graveyard, making it synergistic with decks that can move such creatures there.

• Graveyard Management: Combines well with cards that can mill or discard your own cards to populate your graveyard with legendary creatures.

Flavor and Lore:
The Grey Havens is a mythical place where Elves and certain other beings in Middle-earth travel to sail into the West, symbolizing an end to their earthly troubles. Cirdan the Shipwright is the Elven Lord in charge of the Grey Havens, and he helps characters like Gandalf, Bilbo, and Frodo depart Middle-earth at the end of their respective journeys.

Overall Impression:
The Grey Havens is a versatile land card suitable for decks that focus on legendary creatures or make extensive use of the graveyard. The scry ability gives it some utility even if you can't take advantage of its colored mana ability immediately, making it a solid inclusion in many deck types.