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"'''Manland'''" is a slang term referring to any [[land]] card that can inherently turn itself into a creature.
"'''Manland'''" (also "man-land" or "creature land"<ref>{{DailyRef|top-decks/building-better-battle-2015-09-18|Building a Better Battle|[[Luis Scott-Vargas]]|September 18, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{DailyRef|level-one/creature-lands-2015-09-07|"Creature" Lands|[[Sam Stoddard]]|September 7, 2015 }}</ref>) is a [[slang]] term referring to any [[land]] card that can inherently turn itself into a [[creature]], usually until end of turn.  


The earliest and most famous of the "manlands" is <c>Mishra's Factory</c>. Mishra's Factory was first printed in ''[[Antiquities]]'' with four different illustrations by [[Kaja Foglio|Kaja]] and [[Phil Foglio]], one for each season: Spring, Summer, Fall (Autumn), and Winter. The Fall version was reprinted in ''[[4th Edition]]''. The card is also notable for collaboratively working with other copies of the same card.
Because [[Wizards of the Coast]] use the most inclusive language available, they prefer to use the term "creature land".<ref>{{DailyRef|daily-magic-update/update-2016-02-25|The February 25, 2016 Update|[[Blake Rasmussen]]|February 25, 2016}}</ref> [[Mark Rosewater]] mentioned he liked the term "landfolk" as a gender neutral term.<ref>{{EzTumblr|http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/141071667833/is-there-a-more-gender-neutral-word-for-manland|title=Is there a more gender neutral word for Manland?|March 15, 2016}}</ref>


The next "manland" didn't come along until ''[[Tempest]]''; <c>Stalking Stones</c> was unusual as it became a creature permanently. It was reprinted in ''[[Mirrodin]]''.
When a permanent is both a land and a creature it is officially referred as [[land creature]]s.


''[[Urza's Legacy]]'' brought a [[cycle]] of these lands, each of which came into play tapped; this is when the nickname ''manlands'' was coined. When the cycle was reprinted in ''[[10th Edition]]'', the lands were given creature types when they used their abilities to turn into creatures.  The cycle consists of <c>Forbidding Watchtower</c>, <c>Faerie Conclave</c>, <c>Spawning Pool</c>, <c>Ghitu Encampment</c> and <c>Treetop Village</c>.  All of the lands turn into creatures of the color of mana the land can produce for {{1}}C, though the size and abilities of the creatures vary.
==Colorless manlands==
The earliest and most famous of the "manlands" is <c>Mishra's Factory</c>.<ref>{{DailyRef|making-magic/all-together-now-2010-02-08|All Together Now|[[Mark Rosewater]]|February 8, 2010}}</ref> Like the first of its kind all other manlands in this category have "{{T}}: Add {{C}}" and enter the battlefield untapped.


Another special form of manland was featured in ''[[Future Sight]]'' with <c>Dryad Arbor</c>, a card that is both a land and a creature without having an activated ability to turn itself into a creature. It is also the only land that isn't [[colorless]].
*<c>Blinkmoth Nexus</c> in ''[[Darksteel]]'' as an homage to Mishra's Factory.
*<c>Crawling Barrens</c> in ''[[Zendikar Rising]]''
*<c>Dread Statuary</c> in ''[[Worldwake]]''.
*<c>Faceless Haven</c> in ''[[Kaldheim]]''.
*<c>Frostwalk Bastion</c> in ''[[Modern Horizons]]'' {{-}} Possesses the [[Freeze]] ability and can produce [[snow]] mana.
*<c>Hostile Desert</c> in ''[[Hour of Devastation]]''.
*<c>Inkmoth Nexus</c> in ''[[Mirrodin Besieged]]''.
*<c>Mishra's Factory</c> in ''[[Antiquities]]'' {{-}} It has four different illustrations by [[Kaja Foglio|Kaja]] and [[Phil Foglio]] representing Spring, Summer, Fall (Autumn), and Winter. The Fall version was reprinted in ''[[Fourth Edition]]''.
*<c>Mishra's Foundry</c> in ''[[The Brothers' War]]''.
*<c>Mobilized District</c> in ''[[War of the Spark]]'' {{-}} Becomes a [[Citizen]] and synergizes with legendary [[creature]]s and [[planeswalker]]s.
*<c>Mutavault</c> in ''[[Morningtide]]'' and ''[[Magic 2014]]''.
*<c>Nantuko Monastery</c> in ''[[Judgment]]'' {{-}} Has an activated ability, and a [[color identity]] of {{G}}/{{W}}.
*<c>Stalking Stones</c> in ''[[Tempest]]'' {{-}} Unusual as it becomes a creature permanently. It was reprinted in ''[[Mirrodin]]''.
*<c>Svogthos, the Restless Tomb</c> in ''[[Ravnica: City of Guilds]]'' {{-}} Has an activated ability, and a [[color identity]] of {{B}}/{{G}}.
*<c>Westvale Abbey</c> in ''[[Shadows over Innistrad]]'' {{-}} becomes an [[indestructible]] [[legendary]] [[Demon]] creature upon sacrificing 5 creatures.
*<c>Zoetic Cavern</c> in ''[[Future Sight]]'' {{-}} A land that can be cast as a creature using its [[Morph]] ability.
 
==Mono colored manlands==
''[[Urza's Legacy]]'' brought a [[cycle]] of manlands, each of which came into play tapped and produce mana of one color. It is this set when the nickname ''manlands'' was coined. When the cycle was reprinted in ''[[Tenth Edition]]'', the lands were given creature types when they used their abilities to turn into creatures. All of the lands turn into M colored creatures for {{1}}M, where M is of the color of mana the land can produce. The size and abilities of the creatures vary.
*<c>Forbidding Watchtower</c> ({{W}})
*<c>Faerie Conclave</c> ({{U}})
*<c>Spawning Pool</c> ({{B}})
*<c>Ghitu Encampment</c> ({{R}})
*<c>Treetop Village</c> ({{G}})
 
''[[Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms]]'' cycle.
*<c>Cave of the Frost Dragon</c> ({{W}})
*<c>Hall of Storm Giants</c> ({{U}})
*<c>Hive of the Eye Tyrant</c> ({{B}})
*<c>Den of the Bugbear</c> ({{R}})
*<c>Lair of the Hydra</c>({{G}})


''[[Worldwake]]'' is a set with a distinct theme of making lands into creatures. As such, it features six lands that turn into creatures. Five of which are also [[Taplands]], lands that enter the battlefield tapped and produce one mana of either color of an [[Color Wheel|allied pair]]. The activation cost contains both colors and varies from card to card as does the size and abilities of the creature, though all of them are [[Elemental]] creatures of both colors the land can produce. — <c>Celestial Colonnade</c>, <c>Creeping Tar Pit</c>, <c>Lavaclaw Reaches</c>, <c>Raging Ravine</c>, <c>Stirring Wildwood</c>. The set also features <c>Dread Statuary</c> which does not enter the battlefied tapped but only taps for colorless mana with a colorless activation cost to turn itself into a [[Golem]] artifact creature.
==Dual colored manlands==
''[[Worldwake]]'' is a set with a distinct theme of making lands into creatures.<ref>{{DailyRef|feature/and-land-played-2010-01-18|And the Land Played On|[[Mark Rosewater]]|January 18, 2010}}</ref> As such, it introduced a cycle of lands that enter the battlefield tapped and produce one mana of two different colors. The activation cost contains both colors and varies from card to card as does the size and abilities of the creature, though all of them are [[Elemental]] creatures of both colors the land can produce. The Worldwake cycle produces one mana of an [[allied]] pair.  


Other Manlands have been printed occasionally if the set thematically permitted.
''[[Battle for Zendikar]]'' and ''[[Oath of the Gatewatch]]'' contain a [[mega cycle]] that is the [[enemy color]] counterpart of the ''Worldwake'' cycle.
*<c>Nantuko Monastery</c> ''[[Judgment]]''.
 
*<c>Blinkmoth Nexus</c> in ''[[Darksteel]]'' as an homage to Mishra's Factory.
===Allied colored===
*<c>Svogthos, the Restless Tomb</c> in ''[[Ravnica: City of Guilds]]''.
*<c>Celestial Colonnade</c> ({{W}}/{{U}})
*<c>Mutavault</c> in ''[[Morningtide]]''.
*<c>Creeping Tar Pit</c> ({{U}}/{{B}})
*<c>Inkmoth Nexus</c> in ''[[Mirrodin Besieged]]''.
*<c>Lavaclaw Reaches</c> ({{B}}/{{R}})
*<c>Raging Ravine</c> ({{R}}/{{G}})
*<c>Stirring Wildwood</c> ({{G}}/{{W}})
 
''[[The Lost Caverns of Ixalan]]'' completed the allied colored cycle of Restless creature lands.<ref name="Preview Barca">{{YouTubeRef|Y5YsggzwCxI|The Preview Panel at MagicCon: Barcelona|channel=[[Magic: The Gathering]]|date=July 28, 2023}}</ref>
*<c>Restless Anchorage</c> ({{W}}/{{U}})
*<c>Restless Reef</c> ({{U}}/{{B}})
*<c>Restless Vents</c> ({{B}}/{{R}})
*<c>Restless Ridgeline</c> ({{R}}/{{G}})
*<c>Restless Prairie</c> ({{G}}/{{W}})
 
===Enemy colored===
*<c>Shambling Vent</c> ({{W}}/{{B}})
*<c>Wandering Fumarole</c> ({{U}}/{{R}})
*<c>Hissing Quagmire</c> ({{B}}/{{G}})
*<c>Needle Spires</c> ({{R}}/{{W}})
*<c>Lumbering Falls</c> ({{G}}/{{U}})
 
''[[Wilds of Eldraine]]'' added another enemy colored cycle of creature lands.<ref name="Preview Barca">{{YouTubeRef|Y5YsggzwCxI|The Preview Panel at MagicCon: Barcelona|channel=[[Magic: The Gathering]]|date=July 28, 2023}}</ref>
*<c>Restless Fortress</c> ({{W}}/{{B}})
*<c>Restless Spire</c> ({{U}}/{{R}})
*<c>Restless Cottage</c> ({{B}}/{{G}})
*<c>Restless Bivouac</c> ({{R}}/{{W}})
*<c>Restless Vinestalk</c> ({{G}}/{{U}})
 
==Other effects==
{{Main|land creature}}
There are also a variety of cards that can turn lands into creatures, either permanently or temporarily. However these are not lands and therefore are not considered manlands. Examples would be <c>Living Lands</c> from ''[[Alpha]]'', the [[Genju]] Cycle from ''[[Betrayers of Kamigawa#Cycles|Betrayers of Kamigawa]], ''the {{Scryfall search|Zendikon}} Cycle of ''[[Worldwake#Cycles|Worldwake]], ''numerous cards with [[Awaken]] from ''[[Battle for Zendikar]]'', and various [[Nissa Revane|Nissa]] planeswalker cards like <c>Nissa, Vital Force</c> and <c>Nissa, Who Shakes the World</c>.


There are also a variety of cards that can turn lands into creatures, either permanently or temporarily. However these are not lands and therefore are not considered manlands. Examples would be <c>Living Lands</c> from ''[[Alpha]]'', the Genju Cycle from ''[[Betrayers of Kamigawa#Cycles|Betrayers of Kamigawa]]'' and the Zendikon Cycle of ''[[Worldwake#Cycles|Worldwake]]''.
<c>Dryad Arbor</c> is a [[land creature]], so is considered by some to be a manland.


==References==
{{Reflist}}


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Latest revision as of 06:52, 19 June 2024

"Manland" (also "man-land" or "creature land"[1][2]) is a slang term referring to any land card that can inherently turn itself into a creature, usually until end of turn.

Because Wizards of the Coast use the most inclusive language available, they prefer to use the term "creature land".[3] Mark Rosewater mentioned he liked the term "landfolk" as a gender neutral term.[4]

When a permanent is both a land and a creature it is officially referred as land creatures.

Colorless manlands

The earliest and most famous of the "manlands" is Mishra's Factory.[5] Like the first of its kind all other manlands in this category have "{T}: Add {C}" and enter the battlefield untapped.

Mono colored manlands

Urza's Legacy brought a cycle of manlands, each of which came into play tapped and produce mana of one color. It is this set when the nickname manlands was coined. When the cycle was reprinted in Tenth Edition, the lands were given creature types when they used their abilities to turn into creatures. All of the lands turn into M colored creatures for {1}M, where M is of the color of mana the land can produce. The size and abilities of the creatures vary.

Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms cycle.

Dual colored manlands

Worldwake is a set with a distinct theme of making lands into creatures.[6] As such, it introduced a cycle of lands that enter the battlefield tapped and produce one mana of two different colors. The activation cost contains both colors and varies from card to card as does the size and abilities of the creature, though all of them are Elemental creatures of both colors the land can produce. The Worldwake cycle produces one mana of an allied pair.

Battle for Zendikar and Oath of the Gatewatch contain a mega cycle that is the enemy color counterpart of the Worldwake cycle.

Allied colored

The Lost Caverns of Ixalan completed the allied colored cycle of Restless creature lands.[7]

Enemy colored

Wilds of Eldraine added another enemy colored cycle of creature lands.[7]

Other effects

Main article: land creature

There are also a variety of cards that can turn lands into creatures, either permanently or temporarily. However these are not lands and therefore are not considered manlands. Examples would be Living Lands from Alpha, the Genju Cycle from Betrayers of Kamigawa, the Zendikon Cycle of Worldwake, numerous cards with Awaken from Battle for Zendikar, and various Nissa planeswalker cards like Nissa, Vital Force and Nissa, Who Shakes the World.

Dryad Arbor is a land creature, so is considered by some to be a manland.

References

  1. ↑ Luis Scott-Vargas (September 18, 2015). "Building a Better Battle". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  2. ↑ Sam Stoddard (September 7, 2015). ""Creature" Lands". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  3. ↑ Blake Rasmussen (February 25, 2016). "The February 25, 2016 Update". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  4. ↑ Mark Rosewater (March 15, 2016). "Is there a more gender neutral word for Manland?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
  5. ↑ Mark Rosewater (February 8, 2010). "All Together Now". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  6. ↑ Mark Rosewater (January 18, 2010). "And the Land Played On". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  7. ↑ a b The Preview Panel at MagicCon: Barcelona (Video). Magic: The Gathering. YouTube (July 28, 2023).
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