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The subtype was created in the ''[[Eighth Edition]]'' rules update when all land types were cleaned up.<ref>{{DailyRef|feature/eighth-edition-rules-update-2003-07-08|Eighth Edition Rules Update|Paul Barclay|July 8, 2003}}</ref> For a long time, the only card featuring the subtype was the archetypal <c>Desert</c> from ''[[Arabian Nights]]''. It was printed as such in ''[[Time Spiral/Timeshifted]]''. | The subtype was created in the ''[[Eighth Edition]]'' rules update when all land types were cleaned up.<ref>{{DailyRef|feature/eighth-edition-rules-update-2003-07-08|Eighth Edition Rules Update|Paul Barclay|July 8, 2003}}</ref> For a long time, the only card featuring the subtype was the archetypal <c>Desert</c> from ''[[Arabian Nights]]''. It was printed as such in ''[[Time Spiral/Timeshifted]]''. | ||
Apart from the [[ability]] to [[tap]] for [[colorless]] [[mana]], the original Desert also | Apart from the [[ability]] to [[tap]] for [[colorless]] [[mana]], the original Desert also can do 1 damage to [[attacking]] [[creatures]]. The subtype was needed because the <c>Camel</c>s and <c>Desert Nomads</c> are immune to the damage done by deserts and refer to them by type. | ||
''[[Amonkhet]]'' finally featured four deserts, mirroring the harsh and punishing deserts of Egypt.<ref>{{DailyRef|making-magic/amonkhet-down-business-part-2-2017-04-10|''Amonkhet'' Down to Business, Part 2|[[Mark Rosewater]]|April 10, 2017}}</ref> They were inspired by the original card. The original <c>Desert</c> was not reprinted because, according to [[Mark Rosewater]], it slows games down and isn’t fun.<ref>{{EzTumblr|http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/159441046978/how-come-desert-is-too-strong-for-standard-when|title=How come desert is too strong for standard?|April 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{DailyRef|making-magic/amonkhet-talking-part-2-2017-05-01|''Amonkhet'' Talking, Part 2|[[Mark Rosewater]]|May 1, 2017}}</ref> | ''[[Amonkhet]]'' finally featured four deserts, mirroring the harsh and punishing deserts of Egypt.<ref>{{DailyRef|making-magic/amonkhet-down-business-part-2-2017-04-10|''Amonkhet'' Down to Business, Part 2|[[Mark Rosewater]]|April 10, 2017}}</ref> They were inspired by the original card. The original <c>Desert</c> was not reprinted because, according to [[Mark Rosewater]], it slows games down and isn’t fun.<ref>{{EzTumblr|http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/159441046978/how-come-desert-is-too-strong-for-standard-when|title=How come desert is too strong for standard?|April 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{DailyRef|making-magic/amonkhet-talking-part-2-2017-05-01|''Amonkhet'' Talking, Part 2|[[Mark Rosewater]]|May 1, 2017}}</ref> | ||
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==Ruling== | ==Ruling== | ||
* Desert is a land subtype with no special meaning. It doesn't grant the land an [[Intrinsic ability|intrinsic mana ability]]. Other cards may care about which lands are Deserts. | *Desert is a land subtype with no special meaning. It doesn't grant the land an [[Intrinsic ability|intrinsic mana ability]]. Other cards may care about which lands are Deserts. | ||
==List of desert cards== | ==List of desert cards== | ||
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em| | {{columns-list|colwidth=15em| | ||
;''Arabian Nights'' | ;''Arabian Nights'' | ||
* <c>Desert</c> | *<c>Desert</c> | ||
;''Amonkhet'' | ;''Amonkhet'' | ||
* <c>Cradle of the Accursed</c> | *<c>Cradle of the Accursed</c> | ||
* <c>Grasping Dunes</c> | *<c>Grasping Dunes</c> | ||
* <c>Painted Bluffs</c> | *<c>Painted Bluffs</c> | ||
* <c>Sunscorched Desert</c> | *<c>Sunscorched Desert</c> | ||
;''Hour of Devastation'' | ;''Hour of Devastation'' | ||
* <c>Desert of the Fervent</c> | *<c>Desert of the Fervent</c> | ||
* <c>Desert of the Glorified</c> | *<c>Desert of the Glorified</c> | ||
* <c>Desert of the Indomitable</c> | *<c>Desert of the Indomitable</c> | ||
* <c>Desert of the Mindful</c> | *<c>Desert of the Mindful</c> | ||
* <c>Desert of the True</c> | *<c>Desert of the True</c> | ||
* <c>Dunes of the Dead</c> | *<c>Dunes of the Dead</c> | ||
* <c>Hashep Oasis</c> | *<c>Hashep Oasis</c> | ||
* <c>Ifnir Deadlands</c> | *<c>Ifnir Deadlands</c> | ||
* <c>Ipnu Rivulet</c> | *<c>Ipnu Rivulet</c> | ||
* <c>Ramunap Ruins</c> | *<c>Ramunap Ruins</c> | ||
* <c>Shefet Dunes</c> | *<c>Shefet Dunes</c> | ||
* <c>Survivors' Encampment</c> | *<c>Survivors' Encampment</c> | ||
* <c>Scavenger Grounds</c> | *<c>Scavenger Grounds</c> | ||
* <c>Endless Sands</c> | *<c>Endless Sands</c> | ||
* <c>Hostile Desert</c> | *<c>Hostile Desert</c> | ||
;''Outlaws of Thunder Junction'' | ;''Outlaws of Thunder Junction'' | ||
*<c>Creosote Heath</c> | |||
*<c>Festering Gulch</c> | |||
*<c>Forlorn Flats</c> | |||
}} | }} | ||
==List of cards caring about deserts== | ==List of cards caring about deserts== | ||
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em| | {{columns-list|colwidth=15em| | ||
* <c>Camel</c> | *<c>Camel</c> | ||
* <c>Desert Nomads</c> | *<c>Desert Nomads</c> | ||
* <c>Desert's Hold</c> | *<c>Desert's Hold</c> | ||
* <c>Gilded Cerodon</c> | *<c>Gilded Cerodon</c> | ||
* <c>Hashep Oasis</c> | *<c>Hashep Oasis</c> | ||
* <c>Hazezon, Shaper of Sand</c> | *<c>Hazezon, Shaper of Sand</c> | ||
* <c>Hour of Promise</c> | *<c>Hour of Promise</c> | ||
* <c>Ifnir Deadlands</c> | *<c>Ifnir Deadlands</c> | ||
* <c>Ipnu Rivulet</c> | *<c>Ipnu Rivulet</c> | ||
* <c>Ramunap Hydra</c> | *<c>Ramunap Hydra</c> | ||
* <c>Ramunap Ruins</c> | *<c>Ramunap Ruins</c> | ||
* <c>Sand Strangler</c> | *<c>Sand Strangler</c> | ||
* <c>Scavenger Grounds</c> | *<c>Scavenger Grounds</c> | ||
* <c>Shefet Dunes</c> | *<c>Shefet Dunes</c> | ||
* <c>Sidewinder Naga</c> | *<c>Sidewinder Naga</c> | ||
* <c>Solitary Camel</c> | *<c>Solitary Camel</c> | ||
* <c>Wretched Camel</c> | *<c>Wretched Camel</c> | ||
}} | }} | ||
==List of storyline deserts== | ==List of storyline deserts== | ||
===[[Amonkhet (plane)|Amonkhet]]=== | ===[[Amonkhet (plane)|Amonkhet]]=== | ||
* The Broken Lands | *The Broken Lands | ||
===[[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]]=== | ===[[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]]=== | ||
* [[Erg Mirab]] | *[[Erg Mirab]] | ||
* [[Megheddon Defile]] | *[[Megheddon Defile]] | ||
* [[Great Desert]] | *[[Great Desert]] | ||
* [[Sand Seas]] | *[[Sand Seas]] | ||
* [[Sukurvian Desert]] | *[[Sukurvian Desert]] | ||
* [[Surr]] | *[[Surr]] | ||
* [[Western Wastes]] | *[[Western Wastes]] | ||
===[[Mirrodin]]/[[New Phyrexia]]=== | ===[[Mirrodin]]/[[New Phyrexia]]=== | ||
* [[Glimmervoid]] | *[[Glimmervoid]] | ||
===[[Rabiah]]=== | ===[[Rabiah]]=== | ||
* [[Karun Desert]] | *[[Karun Desert]] | ||
===[[Rath]]=== | ===[[Rath]]=== | ||
* Flowstone Desert | *Flowstone Desert | ||
===[[Shandalar]]=== | ===[[Shandalar]]=== | ||
* [[Osai Desert]] | *[[Osai Desert]] | ||
===[[Tarkir]]=== | ===[[Tarkir]]=== | ||
* [[Tarkir#Geography|The Shifting Wastes]] | *[[Tarkir#Geography|The Shifting Wastes]] | ||
===[[Ulgrotha]]=== | ===[[Ulgrotha]]=== | ||
* [[Dead Zone]] | *[[Dead Zone]] | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* Many lands that are technically deserts are instead typed as [[plains]], such as [[Esper]]'s dunes or [[Tarkir]]'s deserts. This comparison seems to be directly referenced in the [[flavor text]] of a ''[[Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms]]'' {{card|Plains||AFR|#=265}}. | *Many lands that are technically deserts are instead typed as [[plains]], such as [[Esper]]'s dunes or [[Tarkir]]'s deserts. This comparison seems to be directly referenced in the [[flavor text]] of a ''[[Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms]]'' {{card|Plains||AFR|#=265}}. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 15:01, 26 March 2024
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| Statistics |
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as of Outlaws of Thunder Junction 33.3%  8.3%  8.3%  8.3%  8.3%  8.3%  4.2%  4.2%  4.2%  12.5% |
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Desert is a nonbasic land type used for cards that depict a sandy or rocky region that is arid because of little rainfall and supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all.
History
The subtype was created in the Eighth Edition rules update when all land types were cleaned up.[2] For a long time, the only card featuring the subtype was the archetypal Desert from Arabian Nights. It was printed as such in Time Spiral/Timeshifted.
Apart from the ability to tap for colorless mana, the original Desert also can do 1 damage to attacking creatures. The subtype was needed because the Camels and Desert Nomads are immune to the damage done by deserts and refer to them by type.
Amonkhet finally featured four deserts, mirroring the harsh and punishing deserts of Egypt.[3] They were inspired by the original card. The original Desert was not reprinted because, according to Mark Rosewater, it slows games down and isn’t fun.[4][5]
The theme evolved quite a bit with Hour of Devastation, which features fifteen lands with the Desert subtype and sixteen cards that mechanically care about Deserts (there's some overlap between those two lists).[6][7][8]
Deserts returned in the Wild West themed Outlaws of Thunder Junction, with the first dual-colored deserts. Like Sunscorched Desert, they deal one damage to an opponent, which is a low-investment way to commit a crime.
Ruling
- Desert is a land subtype with no special meaning. It doesn't grant the land an intrinsic mana ability. Other cards may care about which lands are Deserts.
List of desert cards
- Arabian Nights
- Amonkhet
- Hour of Devastation
- Desert of the Fervent
- Desert of the Glorified
- Desert of the Indomitable
- Desert of the Mindful
- Desert of the True
- Dunes of the Dead
- Hashep Oasis
- Ifnir Deadlands
- Ipnu Rivulet
- Ramunap Ruins
- Shefet Dunes
- Survivors' Encampment
- Scavenger Grounds
- Endless Sands
- Hostile Desert
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction
List of cards caring about deserts
List of storyline deserts
Amonkhet
- The Broken Lands
Dominaria
Mirrodin/New Phyrexia
Rabiah
Rath
- Flowstone Desert
Shandalar
Tarkir
Ulgrotha
Trivia
- Many lands that are technically deserts are instead typed as plains, such as Esper's dunes or Tarkir's deserts. This comparison seems to be directly referenced in the flavor text of a Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Plains.
References
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (2021-04-25). "I know deserts aren’t a mechanic,...". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Paul Barclay (July 8, 2003). "Eighth Edition Rules Update". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (April 10, 2017). "Amonkhet Down to Business, Part 2". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (April 11, 2017). "How come desert is too strong for standard?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (May 1, 2017). "Amonkhet Talking, Part 2". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (June 19, 2017). "Darkest Hour, Part 1". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Melissa DeTora (June 30, 2017). "Designing Deserts for Draft and Standard". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (July 24, 2017). "Odds & Ends: Hour of Devastation, Part 1". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
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