Mox Jet (Alpha) - Near Mint

4 moxs on the first turn? can i play where you're permitted to play with 4 moxs in your deck? why not make it an ante game while we're at it. lol.

so much better than a swamp
reason being
imagine having 4 of these in ur deck and somehow u get all 4 and a swamp in ur first draw
5 black mana right there
or imagine
4 mox jets, 2 black lotus, 1 phage the untouchable, and any card that gives it haste, 1st turn win

those odds r near impossible but still, thats why its better than a swamp lol

I Ment first turn mountain Mox jet Black lotus dark ritual....Plunge into darkness....paying all life ..... manaforge cinder darkritual champion Nova Chaser.....Reckless charge Blazing shoal by discarding dragon tyrant.......fling or rite of initiation..hehehehehehe.. or for best results......... rites of consumption....

SO BURY THE POOR GUY IN THE SWAMP ALREADY DUDE!!!

I remember when I first started playing magic, I too thought that the Mox's were stupid. What they are just mana. Then I learned what having extra mana on turn one means. People with all five mox's thats five mana turn one. Just think besides the awesome combos that it could make just look at it this way. A huge creature first turn. I cant think of a simpler way to explain why they rock.

The speed of all decks are governed by two things, card advantage and mana advantage . Think about if I go first I lay down a swamp and a mox than you go you lay down a swamp than I go I lay down a swamp. I now have three black to your one; I now have a mana advantage of two. Or If you go first you lay down a swamp than I go I lay down a swamp and a mox you have just lost you first turn mana advantage and now I have a card advantage. Because I went 2nd so I got to draw giving me 8 eight cards to your 7. But come 2nd turn you will not have the mana advantage because I will have two black and you will have two black so you lost the advantage of going first, mana wise. A mox jet on the first three turns can put you one step ahead of your opponent . (Not to mention what happens when combining it with other fast mana like sol ring, dark ritual and the other moxes.) Swamps do not do this because swamps only allow you to match mana producing speed with your opponent not speed past them. Imagine if you could lay down two swamps for one turn within the first 3 turns and your opponent could not. You would have and obvious unfair advantage. That is what a mox is a obvious unfair advantage. A draw of a mox in your first hand could be the deciding factor of a win. You also lose no space in your deck or draw just replace a swamp with the jet. It's a free advantage.

Swamp? No, all swamps do is add a B to your mana pool AND you can only play one per turn. That's mediocre. This is an artifact, meaning you could play multiple artifacts per turn (maybe other moxen?), it's also a spell. Wait, that adds to the storm count for popular Type I decks (Tendrils). This card is phenomenal, and is probably tied for being the best of the five (with Sapphire being a hard contender).

this card is great....

Why on earth would anyone spend a $1,000 on a single card? I mean come on buy a few of these and you could have bought your own printing press; make your own forged MOX and lotus cards. Plus not only is it an obscene waste of money it breaks the MTG game play, in a way, as it gives an unfair advantage to players who have more money. Granted all MTG cards become more valuable the better they are, however the difference in power and cost of cards like these is far greater than any difference between your standard MTG cards.