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| In ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'', '''basic lands''' are lands that possess the [[supertype]] "[[Basic]]" in their type line and may be tapped to produce mana of one [[Color Pie|color]] in ''Magic''. These lands are unlike nonbasic lands in that any number may be included in a deck. To date, there are two basic lands for each color {{-}} Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, and Forest and their snow-covered versions for [[white]], [[blue]], [[black]], [[red]], and [[green]], respectively. | | In ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'', '''basic lands''' are lands that possess the [[supertype]] "[[Basic]]" in their type line and may be tapped to produce mana of one [[Color Pie|color]] in ''Magic''. These lands are unlike nonbasic lands in that any number may be included in a deck. To date, there are two basic lands for each color {{-}} [[Plains]], [[Island]], [[Swamp]], [[Mountain]], and [[Forest]] and their snow-covered versions for [[white]], [[blue]], [[black]], [[red]], and [[green]], respectively. |
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| Basic lands are thought of as the cornerstones of ''Magic'' design, and no lands should be printed if they are [[strictly better]] than basic lands, with the sole exception to this rule being the [[dual lands]] from ''[[Alpha]]''/''[[Beta]]''. Consequently, other, nonbasic lands feature [[drawback]]s, in addition to the fact that no more than four copies of nonbasic lands may be played in a deck.<ref>{{DailyRef|mtgcom/daily/mr65|This Land Is My Land|[[Mark Rosewater]]|March 31, 2003}}</ref> | | Basic lands are thought of as the cornerstones of ''Magic'' design, and no lands should be printed if they are [[strictly better]] than basic lands, with the sole exception to this rule being the [[dual lands]] from ''[[Alpha]]''/''[[Beta]]''. Consequently, other, nonbasic lands feature [[drawback]]s, in addition to the fact that no more than four copies of nonbasic lands may be played in a deck.<ref>{{DailyRef|mtgcom/daily/mr65|This Land Is My Land|[[Mark Rosewater]]|March 31, 2003}}</ref> |
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| ==Basic land types== | | ==See also== |
| ===Plains===
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| [[Image:Plains.jpg|200 px|right]]
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| Plains produce white mana ({{W}}).
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| In the ''Magic'' storyline, there are numerous named plains or white-mana-producing locations, including:
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| *[[Alara]]'s [[Cloudheath]] and [[Glass Dunes]] on the shard of [[Esper]]
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| *[[Cabralin]]'s Cabralin Shire
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| *[[Dominaria]] [[Gurdrungs]] on [[Aerona]]; [[Daraja Plains]], [[Mtenda Plains]], and [[Unyaro Plains]] on [[Jamuraa]]; [[Daru Plains]] on [[Otaria]]; [[Adarkar Wastes]] on [[Terisiare]]; [[Plains of Sursi]] on [[The Domains]]; [[Darkling Plains]], [[Plains of Coloni]], and [[Plains of Urlan]] on [[Corondor]]
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| *[[Kamigawa (plane)|Kamigawa]]'s [[Towabara]] (including [[Araba]])
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| *[[Kephalai]]'s [[Foltessa]] and [[Tornadic Steppes]]
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| *[[Lorwyn (plane)|Lorwyn]]'s plains
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| *[[Mercadia]]'s plains
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| *[[Mirrodin (plane)|Mirrodin]]'s [[Razor Fields]]
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| *[[Ravnica (plane)|Ravnica]]'s plains
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| *Serra's Realm, which solely comprises [[Floating Plains]]
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| *[[Ulgrotha]]'s plains
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| ===Island===
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| [[Image:Island.jpg|200px|right]]
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| Islands produce blue mana ({{U}}).
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| In the ''Magic'' storyline, there are numerous named islands, archipelagos, or bodies of water or blue-mana-producing locations, including:
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| *Alara's [[Droning Isles]] on the shard of [[Grixis]]
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| *[[Azoria]]'s ocean and its desert islands (till their destruction by [[Freyalise]])
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| *[[Cridhe]] itself and its [[Southern Isle]] and other isles
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| *Dominaria's Cape of [[Casindral]]; [[Argenti]] and [[Kusho]] in the [[Edemi Islands]]; [[Corundis]] in the [[Golthonor Sea]]; [[Chaza Isles]] (including [[Teferi's Isle]]) in the [[Jaema Sea]]; [[Tolaria West]] in the [[Spice Isles]]; [[Yulin and Equitar]]; [[Lat-Nam]] and [[Videnth]] in Terisiare; [[Tolaria]]; [[Caliman]]; [[Vesuva]]; [[Kish]] and [[Varnalca]] in the [[Voda Sea]]; [[Stonehaven]] in the [[Western Sea]]
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| *Kamigawa's [[Otawara]], a sky island; Minamo and other islands of [[Kamitaki]]
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| *Lorwyn's [[Merrow Lanes]]
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| **Lorwyn technically does not feature islands or seas; but, the Merrow Lanes nevertheless produce blue mana.
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| *Mercadia's [[Saprazzo]]
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| *Mirrodin's [[Vedalken Spires]] (including [[Lumengrid]]) in the [[Quicksilver Sea]]
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| *Ravnica
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| **Ravnica's water supply system also produces blue mana.
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| *Ulgrotha's [[Floating Isle]]
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| ===Swamp===
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| [[Image:Swamp.jpg|200px|right]]
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| Swamps produce black mana ({{B}}).
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| In the ''Magic'' storyline, there are numerous named swamps or black-mana-producing locations, including:
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| *Alara's [[Cesspools]] on the shard of Esper; [[Dregscape]] on the shard of Grixis; and [[Varankna]] on the shard of [[Jund]] | |
| *Dominaria's [[Urborg]] on the [[Burning Isles]]; [[Dakmor]] and its salt marshes on [[Caliman]]; the [[Great Sulgh Salt Marsh]], [[Khone]], and [[Nyx]] on Corondor; [[Nakaya]] and [[Uuserk Marshes]] on Jamuraa; Otaria; Sarpadia; and [[Almaaz]] on Terisiare
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| *[[The Domains]]' [[Wrenna]]
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| *Kamigawa's [[Takenuma Swamp]]
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| *Lorwyn's swamps
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| *Mercadia's swamps
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| *Mirrodin's [[Mephidross]]
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| *Ravnica
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| **Ravnica's sewers produce black mana.
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| *[[Ulgrotha]]'s swamps
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| ===Mountain===
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| [[Image:Mountain.jpg|200px|right]]
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| Mountains produce red mana ({{R}}).
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| Due to the inclusion of a Mountain per print sheet of ''[[Arabian Nights]]'', Mountains have been printed more times than any other card in more expansions.<ref>{{DailyRef|mtg/daily/cardoftheday/0411|Card of the Day {{-}} April 22, 2011|Wizards of the Coast|April 22, 2011}}</ref>
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| In the ''Magic'' storyline, there are numerous named mountains or red-mana-producing locations, including:
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| *Alara's [[bone heaps]] on the shard of Grixis and [[Boiling Slopes]] and [[Mount Jhal]] on the shard of Jund
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| *Dominaria's [[Bogardan]] on the Burning Isles; [[Oremon]] and [[the Spine of Corondor]] (including [[Trovash]]) on Corondor; [[Ekundu Mountains]], [[Jotoka Mountains]], [[Kitu Mountains]], [[Talruum Mountains]], and [[Teremko Mountains]] on Jamuraa; [[Gitte-Yatay Mountains]] on [[Madara]]; [[Pardic Mountains]] (including the [[Skirk Ridge]]) on Otaria; [[Crimson Peaks]] on Sarpadia; [[Shiv]], the most potent Dominarian red-mana location; [[Kher Ridges]] and [[Ohran Mountains]] on Terisiare; [[Hurloon]], [[Ironclaw Mountains]], [[Red Mountains]], [[Red Iron Mountains]], and [[Tonga Mountains]] on [[The Domains]]
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| *Kamigawa's [[Sokenzan]] (including the [[Tendo Peaks]]) and [[Untaidake]]
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| *Lorwyn/Shadowmoor's [[Mount Tanufel]]/Mount Kulrath
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| *Mercadia's inverted mountain on which [[Mercadia City]] was found
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| *Mirrodin's [[Oxidda Chain]]
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| *[[Rabiah]]'s [[Crags of Sana'a]]
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| *Ravnica's mountains
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| *Ulgrotha's [[Koskun Mountains]]
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| ===Forest===
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| [[Image:Forest.jpg|200px|right]]
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| Forests produce green mana ({{G}}).
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| Thus far, the Forest basic land type is the only basic land type to have been featured on nonbasic land cards (<c>Dryad Arbor</c> and <c>Murmuring Bosk</c>).
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| In the ''Magic'' storyline, there are numerous named forests or green-mana-producing locations, including:
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| *Alara's [[Sun-Dappled Court]] on the shard of [[Bant]]
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| *Dominaria's [[Arboria]], [[Mwonvuli Jungle]], [[Uktabi Jungle]], [[Unyaro Jungle]], and [[Vintara Forest]] on [[Jamuraa]]; [[Krosa]], [[Stonewood]], and [[Wirewood Forest]] on [[Otaria]]; [[Fyndhorn]]/[[Argoth]], [[Karplusan Forest]], [[Scarwood]], and [[Yavimaya]] on [[Terisiare]]; [[Havenwood]] on [[Sarpadia]]; [[Durkwood]], [[Glenar]], [[Llanowar]] [[Savaea]], [[Shanodin]], [[Skyshroud Forest]], [[Verdura]], [[Whispering Woods]], and [[Wild Woods]] on [[The Domains]]; [[Norwood]] on [[Caliman]]; [[Krysalthus]] and [[White Woods]] on [[Corondor]]
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| *[[Innistrad]]'s [[Ulvenwald]] in [[Kessig]], [[Wittal]] in [[Gavony]], and [[Somberwald]] in [[Stensia]]
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| *Kamigawa's [[Jukai Forest]]
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| *Kephalai's [[Lyceum Forest]]
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| *Lorwyn/Shadomoor's [[Gilt Leaf Wood]]/Wilt Leaf Wood and [[Murmuring Bosk]]
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| *Mercadia's [[Deepwood]], [[Rushwood]], and [[Silverglade]]
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| *Mirrodin's [[Tangle]]
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| *[[Pyrulea]], a spherical rainforest of a plane
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| *Rabiah' [[Fa'adiyah]]
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| *Ravnica's [[The Ivory Oaks|Ivory Oaks]], [[Sumala]] (the Topiary Grove), and [[The Great Concourse|the Great Concourse]]
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| *[[Shandalar]]'s [[Kalonia]]
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| *Ulgrotha's [[Great Wood]]
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| *Zendikar's [[Khalni]], [[Oran-Rief]] (the Vastwood), and [[Turntimber]]
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| ==Barry's Land==
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| '''Barry's Land''', named in honor of [[Barry Reich]], the inventor of [[domain]], was a card designed by [[Mark Rosewater]] in [[playtest|playtesting]] during the development and design of ''[[Invasion]]''. Barry's Land was a basic land that tapped to produce {{1}} and could boost domain. For reasons pertaining to ''Magic'' rules, Barry's Land was not printed; at the time, it was held that a land could not be both a basic land and a non-basic land simultaneously.<ref>{{DailyRef|mtg/daily/mm/25|Whatever Happened to Barry's Land?|[[Mark Rosewater]]|February 9, 2009}}</ref> As of ''[[8th Edition]]'', however, due to a simplification of the wording and rules pertaining to basic lands, Barry's Land as a printable card is, in fact, feasible.<ref>{{DailyRef|mtgcom/arcana/506|The Story of "Barry's Land"|Wizards of the Coast|February 19, 2004}}</ref>
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| ! style="background:#FFFFFF;" | [[White]]
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| ! style="background:#FFFFFF;" | {{w}}
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| ! style="background:#FFFFFF;" | [[#Plains|Plains]]
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| ! style="background:#AAAAFF; color:white" | [[Blue]]
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| ! style="background:#000066; color:white" | {{u}}
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| ! style="background:#AAAAFF; color:white" | [[#Island|Island]]
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| ! style="background:#999999; color:white" | [[Black]]
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| ! style="background:#000000; color:white" | {{b}}
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| ! style="background:#999999; color:white" | [[#Swamp|Swamp]]
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| ! style="background:#FF3030; color:white" | [[Red]]
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| ! style="background:#660000; color:white" | {{r}}
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| ! style="background:#FF3030; color:white" | [[#Mountain|Mountain]]
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| ! style="background:#66FF00; color:white" | [[Green]]
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| ! style="background:#006600; color:white" | {{g}}
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| ! style="background:#66FF00; color:white" | [[#Forest|Forest]]
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