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===Black Lotus=== The first attempt to design a fixed Black Lotus was <c>Lion's Eye Diamond</c> from the ''[[Mirage]]'' edition. Lion's Eye Diamond was designed to be unplayable due to requiring the player to discard their hand but still ended up being very powerful.<ref name=top50artifacts /> The card was eventually restricted in Vintage play. <c>Lotus Vale</c>, from ''[[Weatherlight]]'', was a land that permitted repeated use of the Black Lotus's ability, but required that two lands be sacrificed when played. The ''[[Tempest]]'' card called <c>Lotus Petal</c> is identical to Black Lotus except that it only produces one mana instead of three, and also ended up restricted in Vintage. ''[[Urza's Saga]]'' saw the release of <c>Lotus Blossom</c>, which costs {{2}} and enables its controller to put a petal counter (possibly about Lotus Petal) on it at the beginning of their upkeep, then tap and sacrifice it to add an amount of mana of any one color equal to the number of petal counters that were on the card. From ''[[Mirrodin]]'', <c>Gilded Lotus</c> imitates Black Lotus's ability by producing the same amount of mana without being sacrificed, but at the much higher cost of {{5}} to play. <c>Lotus Bloom</c>, printed in the expansion set ''[[Time Spiral]]'', has Black Lotus's ability but incorporates a three-turn delay. ''[[Core Set 2020]]'' introduced <c>Lotus Field</c>, a land similar to Lotus Vale in that it also requires sacrificing two lands when played, but as an "[[enters the battlefield]]" [[triggered ability]] rather than a [[replacement effect]], and therefore could be circumvented with an ability counterspell such as <c>Stifle</c>or <c>Repudiate</c>. Lotus Field enters the battlefield tapped, and uniquely for lands, has [[hexproof]]. Also of note are creatures with "lotus" in their name that can "add one mana of any color." <c>Lotus Guardian</c>, a 4/4 artifact creature with flying from the ''[[Invasion]]'' expansion that costs {{7}}, has the activated ability "{{T}}: Add one mana of any color." <c>Lotus Cobra</c>, a 2/1 green creature from the ''[[Zendikar]]'' expansion that costs {{1}}{{G}} (and the first colored card with "Lotus" in its name), utilizes a [[landfall]] [[ability]] to produce mana, has the triggered ability "''Landfall'' - Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, you may add one mana of any color."
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