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An '''enchantment land''', a card with both the [[enchantment]] and the [[land]] type, first appeared as a [[test card]] in the ''[[Mystery Booster]]'' set (<c>Enchanted Prairie</c>) and in black-border as <c>Urza's Saga</c>
An '''enchantment land''' is a ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' [[card]] with both the [[enchantment]] and the [[land]] [[type]]s.<ref name="Summer">{{DailyRef|news/welcome-summer-legend-2021-05-06|Welcome to the Summer of Legend|[[Adam Styborski]]|May 6, 2021}}</ref>  


==History==
==History==
Players have often wondered if enchantment lands had been considered for the "enchantment matters" [[Theros block]]. [[Mark Rosewater]] admitted that [[R&D]]'s experience with [[artifact land]]s (which turned out way too powerful) scared them off from even trying, especially with [[Constellation]] in the mix.<ref>{{EzTumblr|https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/86121373313/was-an-enchantment-land-ever-in-consideration-for|title=Was an enchantment land ever in consideration for Theros block?|May 18, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{EzTumblr|https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/105227553918/was-mirridonnew-phyrexia-artifact-land-and-how|title=Was mirridon/new phyrexia artifact land and how good it was with affinity similar to why there wasn't enchantment lands?|December 14, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{EzTumblr|https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/144469547533/its-still-difficult-to-understand-your-reluctance|title=It's still difficult to understand your reluctance to make an enchantment land.|May 16, 2016}}</ref> It would have been a problem even if the enchantment land was [[legendary]].<ref>{{EzTumblr|https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/92774471028/why-didnt-theros-block-have-an-enchantment-land|title= Why didn't Theros block have an Enchantment Land?|July 24, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{EzTumblr|https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/99581835223/on-your-enchantment-world-podcast-you-said-that|title=Couldn't you have made Nyx itself as a card?|October 09, 2014}}</ref> Even one enchantment land would have forced development to raise the costs of all the cards with the Constellation mechanic.<ref>{{EzTumblr|https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/105280324133/our-experience-with-artifact-lands-in-mirrodin|title=Don't you think the issue with Mirrodin's artifact lands is that there are so many of them?|December 15, 2014}}</ref>
Players often wondered if enchantment lands had been considered for the "enchantment matters" [[Theros block]]. [[Mark Rosewater]] admitted that [[R&D]]'s experience with [[artifact land]]s (which turned out way too powerful) scared them off from even trying, especially with [[Constellation]] in the mix.<ref>{{EzTumblr|https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/86121373313/was-an-enchantment-land-ever-in-consideration-for|title=Was an enchantment land ever in consideration for Theros block?|May 18, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{EzTumblr|https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/105227553918/was-mirridonnew-phyrexia-artifact-land-and-how|title=Was mirridon/new phyrexia artifact land and how good it was with affinity similar to why there wasn't enchantment lands?|December 14, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{EzTumblr|https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/144469547533/its-still-difficult-to-understand-your-reluctance|title=It's still difficult to understand your reluctance to make an enchantment land.|May 16, 2016}}</ref> It would have been a problem even if the enchantment land was [[legendary]].<ref>{{EzTumblr|https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/92774471028/why-didnt-theros-block-have-an-enchantment-land|title= Why didn't Theros block have an Enchantment Land?|July 24, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{EzTumblr|https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/99581835223/on-your-enchantment-world-podcast-you-said-that|title=Couldn't you have made Nyx itself as a card?|October 09, 2014}}</ref> Even one enchantment land would have forced development to raise the costs of all the cards with the Constellation mechanic.<ref>{{EzTumblr|https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/105280324133/our-experience-with-artifact-lands-in-mirrodin|title=Don't you think the issue with Mirrodin's artifact lands is that there are so many of them?|December 15, 2014}}</ref>


Rosewater assumes enchantment lands will appear in a regular set one day (possibly in a [[supplemental set]]) but most likely not in a set where “enchantments matter”.<ref>{{EzTumblr|https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/142322139843/there-are-artifact-lands-creature-lands-and-now|title=What are the chances of ever seeing an enchantment land?|April 05, 2016}}</ref> The first enchantment land, <c>Urza's Saga</c>, appeared in [[Modern Horizons 2]].
Enchantment land first appeared on a [[test card]] in the ''[[Mystery Booster]]'' set (<c>Enchanted Prairie</c>).
 
Rosewater assumed enchantment lands would appear in a regular set one day (possibly in a [[supplemental set]]) but most likely not in a set where “enchantments matter”.<ref>{{EzTumblr|https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/142322139843/there-are-artifact-lands-creature-lands-and-now|title=What are the chances of ever seeing an enchantment land?|April 05, 2016}}</ref> The first [[black-bordered]] enchantment land, <c>Urza's Saga</c>, indeed appeared in ''[[Modern Horizons 2]]''.<ref name="Summer"/> The Storm Scale is at a middling 5, as most scaling enchantment effects are carefully regulated, but the enchantment land would need to make sense in the set otherwise.<ref name="Storm">{{EzTumblr|https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/745496521297084416/yo-i-know-this-is-not-a-keyword-ability-but-on|title= "yo! I know this is not a keyword ability but, on the storm scale, where is "enchantment land" ?"|March 21, 2024}}</ref>


==Ruling==
==Ruling==
* Playing Enchanted Prairie as a land uses a land drop, the same as playing an artifact land.<ref name="Release Notes">{{DailyRef|feature/mystery-booster-release-notes-2019-11-11|''Mystery Booster'' Release Notes|[[Eli Shiffrin]]|November 11, 2019}}</ref>  
*Playing an enchantment land as a land uses a land drop, the same as playing an artifact land.<ref name="Release Notes">{{DailyRef|feature/mystery-booster-release-notes-2019-11-11|''Mystery Booster'' Release Notes|[[Eli Shiffrin]]|November 11, 2019}}</ref>  


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 11:18, 25 March 2024

Enchantment Land
Multiple Card Types
Subtypes Enchantment type
Land type
Storm Scale 5[1]
Statistics
1 card
{land symbol} 100%
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type:"Enchantment Land"

An enchantment land is a Magic: The Gathering card with both the enchantment and the land types.[2]

History

Players often wondered if enchantment lands had been considered for the "enchantment matters" Theros block. Mark Rosewater admitted that R&D's experience with artifact lands (which turned out way too powerful) scared them off from even trying, especially with Constellation in the mix.[3][4][5] It would have been a problem even if the enchantment land was legendary.[6][7] Even one enchantment land would have forced development to raise the costs of all the cards with the Constellation mechanic.[8]

Enchantment land first appeared on a test card in the Mystery Booster set (Enchanted Prairie).

Rosewater assumed enchantment lands would appear in a regular set one day (possibly in a supplemental set) but most likely not in a set where “enchantments matter”.[9] The first black-bordered enchantment land, Urza's Saga, indeed appeared in Modern Horizons 2.[2] The Storm Scale is at a middling 5, as most scaling enchantment effects are carefully regulated, but the enchantment land would need to make sense in the set otherwise.[1]

Ruling

  • Playing an enchantment land as a land uses a land drop, the same as playing an artifact land.[10]

References