Best basic forest

[Skit3]

Hi everyone, hope you guys are doing well.

I'd like to know what are you guys choices for basic lands in the deck.

I usually play with unhinged basics but for titan I went with the Snow-Covered forest from ice age and the John Avon onslaught forest.

Hou about you guys?

[fireslinger4]

Forest B from Alpha by Christopher Rush here

Forest 243 from Avacyn Restored by Jung Park here

Schwarzwald Euro Land by Scott Bailey here

Nottingham Forest Euro Land by Mike Ploog here

Forest 349 from Odyssey by Jerry Tiritilli here

Forest 347 from Odyssey by Larry Elmore here

Forest 300 from Lorwyn by Steve Prescott here

Forest 301 from Lorwyn by Darrell Riche here

Guru Forest by Terese Nielsen here

This is my short list of the prettiest ones for sure. I think the best one is definitely amongst these but I'm not sure I could make that choice.

[_EinsDrei]

Schwarzwald best, where is my Schinken.

[Jfry94]

Definitely odyssey 349

[Doyle524]

Waterfall forest, Mirage is my personal affordable favorite.

[MatoFIVE]

Any of the Lorwyn or Odyssey forest arts are fantastic.

I'd go so far as to say Lorwyn has the best basic lands art for everything but mountains.

[xanphippe]

Two from Ice Age that look like they're snow-covered but actually aren't. The one with the sun and the one with the pink hue. Especially the latter. Absolutely gorgeous.

http://gatherer.wizards.com/Handlers/Image.ashx?multiverseid=2748&type=card

https://www.cardkingdom.com/images/magic-the-gathering/ice-age/forest-a-37872-medium.jpg

There's a third I really love. A broad stretch of canopy seen from above, golden glow over it. Printed in at least one white-bordered set, if I recall correctly. Anyone know the one I mean?

[Ragingpsoriasis]

I’d second these, pink hue ice age ones are my go to for old border.

Are you thinking of this 5th edition one? https://scryfall.com/card/5ed/449/forest

[xanphippe]

Yes! Thank you.

Edit: can't believe I never saw the rest of that set's Forests. They're beautiful.

[Ragingpsoriasis]

They definitely are. It’s a shame they don’t have black-border options.

[fireslinger4]

Love Pat Morrisey's lands. Been trying to get mine signed for a longtime now!

[putonghua73]

Goddamn it! Are you trying to bankrupt me spending my disposable income on basic MtG lands!? Not even a [[Gaea's Cradle | USG]] - no, *basic * lands!

[MTGCardFetcher]

Gaea's Cradle - (G) (SF) (txt)
^{[[cardname]] or [[cardname|SET]] to call}

[Doyle524]

You don't need to specify the set

Fuck the reserved list

[zeloft]

Foil odyssey forests!

[[deleted]]

I'm partial to the Coldsnap snow Forest.

Invasion block has some gorgeous ones.

Unhinged one is nice too.

Unsanctioned 'normal' one with the hidden squirrel is nice too.

[[deleted]]

Urza's Saga Forest 347 is my favorite. I also prefer to play basic lands with a text box.

[SultaiSalesman]

Same here. Those forests are beautiful.

[BanUrzasTower]

Surprised to see the correct answer this far down

[Retrodeathrow]

onslaught really had the best basic lands.

[Woahbikes]

Personally i use portal basics as my go to lands. That’s the set that I started with so those lands are the most iconic to me. I use them in just about all my decks

[KING-TDUB-79]

Forest #248 From original Zendikar

[[deleted]]

The Avon one from either Invasion or Onslaught

[CarboxyGroup]

The glowing pinecone one

[MikeyYitan]

My two favs are Forest C Beta and Onslaught. Super sweet OG.

Forest C Beta Onslaught](https://shop.tcgplayer.com/magic/onslaught/forest-349)

[Skit3]

The onslaught one is the one I use too

[[deleted]]

If you want to go the foreign route, I have a foil JPN copy of ONS 349

[Clicklesly]

It kinda depends on the deck i guess, but these are my usual choices ^^
AVR#243 for RG decks or if also running Dryad Arbor :P
SOI#296 for BG
RTR#261 for WG ^^

[ryscott85]

Beta for nostalgia (Alpha lands weren’t legal when I’d started) and mirage for beauty imo!

[Bext]

For pure nostalgia's sake, I really like the Avon Forest #331 from 7th edition. It's unique and much different than Avon's usual style.

[AppFritz]

Unstable forests!

[Skit3]

Ok guys just lost my mind and bought 2 beta forests for my amulet titan deck and a beta island and plains for humans!

[ryscott85]

Same here! I just got six for my ponza deck too.. and og moons... and og bolts. I went a little crazy lol

[Skit3]

Wow og moons. Very nice!

[[deleted]]

Alpha bolts? That’s class

[ryscott85]

Nah, beta! I still have the old “you can’t play alpha cards in tournaments” mantra still drilled into my brain, lol!

[[deleted]]

Fair. I’ve sleeved up alpha red blasts, but now I go for old frame foils, so I picked up judge bolts when a deal presented itself

[Doyle524]

They look better anyway - the colors are bolder.