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| last = | | last = Assassin's Creed | ||
| reminder = This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a [type]. | | reminder = This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a [type]. | ||
| storm = 9 | |||
| storm_ref=<ref>{{EzTumblr|http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/142500099998/|title=Ante Banding Landhome Fear Intimidate Landwalk & Shroud. Are all...|2016-04-09}}</ref> | |||
| before = [Type] | | before = [Type] | ||
| stats = {{stats|swampwalk|B=25|G=10|W=2|BR=1| | | stats = {{stats|swampwalk|B=25|G=10|W=2|UB=1|BR=1|BG=1|M=1|state=collapsed}} | ||
<br/>{{stats|islandwalk|U=19|G=7|GU=1|R=1|WU=1 | <br/>{{stats|islandwalk|U=19|G=7|UB=2|GU=1|R=1|WU=1|state=collapsed}}<br/>{{stats|forestwalk|G=22|UB=2|B=1|R=1|GW=1|BG=1|state=collapsed}} | ||
<br/>{{stats|mountainwalk|R=14|G=1 | <br/>{{stats|mountainwalk|R=14|W=2|G=1|state=collapsed}} | ||
<br/>{{stats|plainswalk|W=2|G=1|R=1|state=collapsed}} | <br/>{{stats|plainswalk|W=2|G=1|R=1|state=collapsed}} | ||
<br/>{{stats|legendary landwalk|G=1|RG=1|state=collapsed}} | <br/>{{stats|legendary landwalk|G=1|RG=1|state=collapsed}} | ||
<br/>{{stats|desertwalk|R=1|M=1|state=collapsed}} | |||
<br/>{{stats|snow swampwalk|B=1|state=collapsed}} | <br/>{{stats|snow swampwalk|B=1|state=collapsed}} | ||
<br/>{{stats|snow forestwalk|G=1|state=collapsed}} | <br/>{{stats|snow forestwalk|G=1|state=collapsed}} | ||
<br/>{{stats|snow landwalk|B=1|state=collapsed}} | <br/>{{stats|snow landwalk|B=1|state=collapsed}} | ||
<br/>{{stats|nonbasic landwalk|G=1|state=collapsed}} | <br/>{{stats|nonbasic landwalk|G=1|state=collapsed}} | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Landwalk''' is a former [[evergreen]] [[keyword ability]] on creatures that makes the [[creature]] [[unblockable]] if the defending player controls at least one [[land]] with a certain [[characteristics|characteristic]]. | '''Landwalk''' is a former [[evergreen]] [[keyword ability]] on creatures that makes the [[creature]] [[unblockable]] if the defending player controls at least one [[land]] with a certain [[characteristics|characteristic]]. | ||
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Typically, green could get any type of landwalk, while red, black and blue could get the landwalk associated with their respective basic land (mountainwalk, swampwalk, and islandwalk, respectively). "Plainswalk" has always been the least used basic landwalk type (only 5 cards) because it's not a great fit for its color mechanically, nor has particularly strong [[flavor]].<ref>{{EzTumblr|http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/160644879948/hiya-mark-its-my-birthday-so-do-you-have-any|title=Do you have any trivia on plainswalkers (note the spelling) for me?|May 14, 2017}}</ref> Also, the fact that "[[planeswalk]]" became an important concept in the game made "plainswalk" confusing.<ref>{{DailyRef|making-magic/modern-mailbag-2015-05-18|Modern Mailbag|[[Mark Rosewater]]|May 18, 2015 }}</ref> | Typically, green could get any type of landwalk, while red, black and blue could get the landwalk associated with their respective basic land (mountainwalk, swampwalk, and islandwalk, respectively). "Plainswalk" has always been the least used basic landwalk type (only 5 cards) because it's not a great fit for its color mechanically, nor has particularly strong [[flavor]].<ref>{{EzTumblr|http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/160644879948/hiya-mark-its-my-birthday-so-do-you-have-any|title=Do you have any trivia on plainswalkers (note the spelling) for me?|May 14, 2017}}</ref> Also, the fact that "[[planeswalk]]" became an important concept in the game made "plainswalk" confusing.<ref>{{DailyRef|making-magic/modern-mailbag-2015-05-18|Modern Mailbag|[[Mark Rosewater]]|May 18, 2015 }}</ref> | ||
In the course of time, landwalk fell out of favor with [[R&D]] and was not getting used very often. It was declared [[obsolete]] altogether with the release of ''[[Magic Origins]]''.<ref name="Eggs"/><ref>{{EzTumblr|http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/159809322488/is-nonbasic-landwalk-retired-too-or-other|title=Is nonbasic landwalk retired too? Or other variations?|April 20, 2017}}</ref> | In the course of time, landwalk fell out of favor with [[R&D]] and was not getting used very often. The issue that it held was the opposite of [[Intimidate]], but with more extreme issues - whereas Intimidate got an evasive creature that became overcosted in a few matchups, Landwalk gets a vanilla creature that performs far above the curve in a few matchups. The lack of counterplay was another significant issue - changing a deck's manabase to remove a type of basic is not a change most decks can perform. It was declared [[obsolete]] altogether with the release of ''[[Magic Origins]]''.<ref name="Eggs"/><ref>{{EzTumblr|http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/159809322488/is-nonbasic-landwalk-retired-too-or-other|title=Is nonbasic landwalk retired too? Or other variations?|April 20, 2017}}</ref> An exception was made for the [[supplemental set]] ''[[Modern Horizons 2]]'', which also introduced "artifact landwalk" (landwalk for [[artifact land]]s) with <c>Vectis Gloves</c>. | ||
[[Supplemental set]]s and [[Universes Beyond]] sets may occasionally use landwalk for flavor reasons. | |||
==Rules== | ==Rules== | ||
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==Cards that grant Landwalk== | ==Cards that grant Landwalk== | ||
Plainswalk | ;Plainswalk | ||
*<c>Aysen Highway</c> {{3}}{{W}}{{W}}{{W}} | *<c>Aysen Highway</c> {{3}}{{W}}{{W}}{{W}} | ||
Islandwalk | |||
;Islandwalk | |||
*<c>Piracy Charm</c> {{U}} | *<c>Piracy Charm</c> {{U}} | ||
*<c>Fishliver Oil</c> {{1}}{{U}} | *<c>Fishliver Oil</c> {{1}}{{U}} | ||
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*<c>Sandals of Abdallah</c> {{4}} | *<c>Sandals of Abdallah</c> {{4}} | ||
*<c>War Barge</c> {{4}} | *<c>War Barge</c> {{4}} | ||
Swampwalk | *<c>Goblin Flotilla</c> {{1}}{{R}} | ||
;Swampwalk | |||
*<c>Filth</c> {{3}}{{B}} (if it's in your graveyard and you control a Swamp) | *<c>Filth</c> {{3}}{{B}} (if it's in your graveyard and you control a Swamp) | ||
*<c>Funeral Charm</c> {{B}} | *<c>Funeral Charm</c> {{B}} | ||
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*<c>Nighthaze</c> {{B}} | *<c>Nighthaze</c> {{B}} | ||
*<c>Zombie Master</c> {{1}}{{B}}{{B}} (other Zombie creatures) | *<c>Zombie Master</c> {{1}}{{B}}{{B}} (other Zombie creatures) | ||
Mountainwalk | |||
;Mountainwalk | |||
*<c>Burrowing</c> {{R}} | *<c>Burrowing</c> {{R}} | ||
*<c>Cave Sense</c> {{1}}{{R}} | *<c>Cave Sense</c> {{1}}{{R}} | ||
*<c>Goblin King</c> {{1}}{{R}}{{R}} (other Goblin creatures) | *<c>Goblin King</c> {{1}}{{R}}{{R}} (other Goblin creatures) | ||
*<c>Volcanic Strength</c> {{1}}{{R}} | *<c>Volcanic Strength</c> {{1}}{{R}} | ||
Forestwalk | |||
;Forestwalk | |||
*<c>Dryad's Favor</c> {{G}} | *<c>Dryad's Favor</c> {{G}} | ||
*<c>Eladamri, Lord of Leaves</c> {{G}}{{G}} (other Elf creatures) | *<c>Eladamri, Lord of Leaves</c> {{G}}{{G}} (other Elf creatures) | ||
*<c>Elvish Champion</c> {{1}}{{G}}{{G}} (other Elf creatures) | *<c>Elvish Champion</c> {{1}}{{G}}{{G}} (other Elf creatures) | ||
*<c>Ivy Dancer</c> {{2}}{{G}} | |||
*<c>Nature's Cloak</c> {{2}}{{G}} | *<c>Nature's Cloak</c> {{2}}{{G}} | ||
*<c>Hidden Path</c> {{2}}{{G}}{{G}}{{G}}{{G}} | *<c>Hidden Path</c> {{2}}{{G}}{{G}}{{G}}{{G}} | ||
*<c>Lumbering Satyr</c> {{2}}{{G}}{{G}} | *<c>Lumbering Satyr</c> {{2}}{{G}}{{G}} | ||
Nonbasic Landwalk | *<c>Weatherseed Elf</c> {{G}} | ||
;Artifact Landwalk | |||
*<c>Vectis Gloves</c> {{2}} | |||
;Nonbasic Landwalk | |||
*<c>Trailblazer's Boots</c> {{2}} | *<c>Trailblazer's Boots</c> {{2}} | ||
Landwalk of the chosen type | |||
;Landwalk of the chosen type | |||
*<c>Excavator</c> {{2}} | *<c>Excavator</c> {{2}} | ||
*<c>Traveler's Cloak</c> {{2}}{{U}} | *<c>Traveler's Cloak</c> {{2}}{{U}} | ||
Multiple (potentially) | |||
;Multiple (potentially) | |||
*<c>Concerted Effort</c> {{2}}{{W}}{{W}} (if you control a creature with that landwalk ability) | *<c>Concerted Effort</c> {{2}}{{W}}{{W}} (if you control a creature with that landwalk ability) | ||
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'''Artifacts''' | '''Artifacts''' | ||
*<c>Staff of the Ages</c> {{3}} (any landwalk abilities) | *<c>Staff of the Ages</c> {{3}} (any landwalk abilities) | ||
==Gallery== | |||
<gallery> | |||
Duels Forestwalk.png|[[Magic Duels]] Forestwalk Symbol | |||
Duels Islandwalk.png|[[Magic Duels]] Islandwalk Symbol | |||
Duels Mountainwalk.png|[[Magic Duels]] Mountainwalk Symbol | |||
Duels Swampwalk.png|[[Magic Duels]] Swampwalk Symbol | |||
</gallery> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* | *{{YouTubeRef|AXqSftw8-ek|A Planeswalker's Primer for Magic 2010: Landwalk}} | ||
{{ | {{Mechanics|keyword}} | ||
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| Keyword Ability | |
| Type | Evasion |
| Introduced | Alpha |
| Last used | Assassin's Creed |
| Reminder Text | [Type] Landwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a [type].) |
| Storm Scale | 9[1] |
| Statistics |
41 swampwalk cards
 4.9%  61%  24.4%  2.4%  2.4%  2.4%  2.4% 31 islandwalk cards  61.3%  3.2% 22.6%  3.2% 6.5%  3.2% 28 forestwalk cards
3.6% 3.6% 78.6% 7.1%  3.6% 3.6% 17 mountainwalk cards
11.8% 82.4% 5.9% 4 plainswalk cards
50% 25% 25% 2 legendary landwalk cards
50%  50% 2 desertwalk cards
50% 50% 1 snow swampwalk card
100% 1 snow forestwalk card
100% 1 snow landwalk card
100% 1 nonbasic landwalk card 100% |
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Landwalk is a former evergreen keyword ability on creatures that makes the creature unblockable if the defending player controls at least one land with a certain characteristic.
Description
Landwalk was introduced in Alpha.[2] The keyword always appeared in conjunction with a subtype or supertype to denote the appropriate characteristic, and in most cases did not actually appear as "Landwalk", but instead "Islandwalk", "Desertwalk", "Snow Forestwalk" and so on. "Denimwalk" was used in Unglued. Exceptions to the rule were "Nonbasic landwalk" (Dryad Sophisticate, Trailblazer's Boots), "Legendary landwalk" (Livonya Silone, Ayumi, the Last Visitor), and "Snow landwalk" (Zombie Musher).
Typically, green could get any type of landwalk, while red, black and blue could get the landwalk associated with their respective basic land (mountainwalk, swampwalk, and islandwalk, respectively). "Plainswalk" has always been the least used basic landwalk type (only 5 cards) because it's not a great fit for its color mechanically, nor has particularly strong flavor.[3] Also, the fact that "planeswalk" became an important concept in the game made "plainswalk" confusing.[4]
In the course of time, landwalk fell out of favor with R&D and was not getting used very often. The issue that it held was the opposite of Intimidate, but with more extreme issues - whereas Intimidate got an evasive creature that became overcosted in a few matchups, Landwalk gets a vanilla creature that performs far above the curve in a few matchups. The lack of counterplay was another significant issue - changing a deck's manabase to remove a type of basic is not a change most decks can perform. It was declared obsolete altogether with the release of Magic Origins.[2][5] An exception was made for the supplemental set Modern Horizons 2, which also introduced "artifact landwalk" (landwalk for artifact lands) with Vectis Gloves.
Supplemental sets and Universes Beyond sets may occasionally use landwalk for flavor reasons.
Rules
From the glossary of the Comprehensive Rules (June 7, 2024—Modern Horizons 3)
- Landwalk
- A generic term for a group of keyword abilities that restrict whether a creature may be blocked. See rule 702.14, “Landwalk.”
From the Comprehensive Rules (June 7, 2024—Modern Horizons 3)
- 702.14. Landwalk
- 702.14a Landwalk is a generic term that appears within an object’s rules text as “[type]walk,” where [type] is usually a land type, but it can also be the card type land plus any combination of land types, card types, and/or supertypes.
- 702.14b Landwalk is an evasion ability.
- 702.14c A creature with landwalk can’t be blocked as long as the defending player controls at least one land with the specified land type (as in “islandwalk”), with the specified type or supertype (as in “artifact landwalk”), without the specified type or supertype (as in “nonbasic landwalk”), or with both the specified type or supertype and the specified subtype (as in “snow swampwalk”). (See rule 509, “Declare Blockers Step.”)
- 702.14d Landwalk abilities don’t “cancel” one another.
Example: If a player controls a snow Forest, that player can’t block an attacking creature with snow forestwalk even if they also control a creature with snow forestwalk.
- 702.14e Multiple instances of the same kind of landwalk on the same creature are redundant.
Examples
Example
River Bear 
Creature — Bear
3/3
Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
Cards that grant Landwalk
- Plainswalk
- Islandwalk
- Piracy Charm
- Fishliver Oil
- Lord of Atlantis (other Merfolk creatures)
- Master of the Pearl Trident (other Merfolk creatures)
- Part Water
- Sandals of Abdallah
- War Barge
- Goblin Flotilla
- Swampwalk
- Filth (if it's in your graveyard and you control a Swamp)
- Funeral Charm
- Leshrac's Rite
- Nighthaze
- Zombie Master (other Zombie creatures)
- Mountainwalk
- Burrowing
- Cave Sense
- Goblin King (other Goblin creatures)
- Volcanic Strength
- Forestwalk
- Dryad's Favor
- Eladamri, Lord of Leaves (other Elf creatures)
- Elvish Champion (other Elf creatures)
- Ivy Dancer
- Nature's Cloak
- Hidden Path
- Lumbering Satyr
- Weatherseed Elf
- Artifact Landwalk
- Nonbasic Landwalk
- Landwalk of the chosen type
- Multiple (potentially)
- Concerted Effort (if you control a creature with that landwalk ability)
Anti-landwalk
Anti-landwalk cards allow creatures with a given landwalk ability to be blocked as though they didn't have that ability. The cards are listed below:
Enchantments
- Crevasse (mountainwalk)
- Deadfall (forestwalk)
- Great Wall (plainswalk)
- Quagmire (swampwalk)
- Undertow (islandwalk)
- These five enchantments form a cycle of landwalk hosers in Legends
- The Aura Street Savvy permits enchanted creature block creatures with landwalk abilities as though they didn't have those abilities.
- The World Enchantment Mystic Decree causes all creatures to lose islandwalk.
Creatures
- Gosta Dirk (islandwalk)
- Lord Magnus (plainswalk, forestwalk)
- Ur-Drago (swampwalk)
Artifacts
- Staff of the Ages (any landwalk abilities)
Gallery
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Magic Duels Forestwalk Symbol
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Magic Duels Islandwalk Symbol
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Magic Duels Mountainwalk Symbol
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Magic Duels Swampwalk Symbol
References
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (2016-04-09). "Ante Banding Landhome Fear Intimidate Landwalk & Shroud. Are all...". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ a b Mark Rosewater (June 8, 2015). "Evergreen Eggs & Ham". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (May 14, 2017). "Do you have any trivia on plainswalkers (note the spelling) for me?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (May 18, 2015). "Modern Mailbag". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (April 20, 2017). "Is nonbasic landwalk retired too? Or other variations?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
External links
- A Planeswalker's Primer for Magic 2010: Landwalk (Video). YouTube.