The Battlefield

Maze's End

$0.64 foil

Reshape the Earth

$9.20

AI DraftFeb 26, 2026

Maze's End + Reshape the Earth

Overview

Reshape the Earth puts up to ten lands onto the battlefield tapped as an effect that "puts" lands, so it isn’t treated as playing lands (). To win with Maze's End you must have Maze's End’s activated ability resolve; returning Maze's End to your hand is part of that ability’s activation cost and happens before players can respond (Ruling [2013-04-15]).

Step 1

On your main phase you may cast Reshape the Earth (a sorcery); when it resolves it will let you search your library for up to ten land cards and put them onto the battlefield tapped because it "puts" lands onto the battlefield (, , ).

Step 2

Those lands enter the battlefield tapped as Reshape’s instructions are followed in order by its controller ().

Step 3

If you want to win with Maze's End, you must then have Maze's End’s activated ability resolve; you can activate that ability only while Maze's End is on the battlefield by paying its activation costs, which include returning Maze's End to your hand as part of the cost (Ruling [2013-04-15]).

Step 4

When you activate Maze's End you pay costs (including returning Maze's End to your hand) before players get the chance to respond to the activation (Ruling [2013-04-15]).

Step 5

When the Maze's End ability resolves it searches your library for a Gate card and puts it onto the battlefield, then shuffles, and then checks the "If you control ten or more Gates with different names, you win the game" condition as part of that ability’s resolution (, ).

Step 6

If at that moment you control ten or more Gates with different names, you win the game; otherwise nothing additional happens from that ability’s text.

Resolution

You can use Reshape the Earth to put multiple Gates onto the battlefield (they enter tapped) because it “puts” lands onto the battlefield rather than letting you play them (). To actually win with Maze's End you must activate Maze's End’s ability while it’s on the battlefield, pay its costs (including returning Maze's End to your hand as part of the activation cost) as described in Ruling [2013-04-15], and have the Maze's End ability resolve. When that ability resolves it will search for and put a Gate onto the battlefield and then check whether you control ten or more Gates with different names; if you do, you win the game (, Ruling [2013-04-15]).

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