Legendary land

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Legendary lands were first introduced in Legends. Despite the drawback many of them were banned from various formats.

Legendary land cycles

Legends

The first cycle of legendary utility lands is from Legends. Each land produces mana of the associated color, and has an activated ability which can be activated by tapping.

Urza's Saga

Urza's Saga introduced a cycle of legendary lands, two of which were renowned for being able to generate incredibly high amounts of mana.

Weatherlight Saga

A mega-megacycle of legendary lands representing important locations of the Weatherlight Saga. All of them are utility lands with the exception of Teferi's Isle, which is a phasing tapland that produces {U}{U}.

One land was printed in each of the five blocks that make up the saga: Mirage block, Tempest block, Urza block, Masques block and Invasion block.

Champions of Kamigawa

Another cycle of legendary utility lands was printed in Champions of Kamigawa. They work like the ones from Legends, but requires one colored mana in addition to being tapped.

Time Spiral

A megacycle printed across the first two sets of the block (Time Spiral and Planar Chaos). The fifth card of the cycle is a timeshifted card from Legends: Pendelhaven is, therefore, part of two different legendary lands cycles.

Ixalan

Ixalan introduced a cycle of lands which transform from legendary enchantments. In general, the lands may be tapped for one mana of their respective color. They are all utility lands, with the exception of Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun, whose alternate ability is to tap for {G} equal to the number of creatures under its owner's control.

Rivals of Ixalan

Rivals of Ixalan introduced a cycle of lands that transform from enemy color legendary enchantments. In general, the lands may be tapped for one mana of any color. They are all utility lands, with the exception of Vault of Catlacan, whose alternate ability is to tap for {U} equal to the number of artifacts under its owner's control.

Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty

A spiritual sequel to the Champions cycle was printed in Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty, being legendary lands that came in untapped and had an additional ability. This time, they all have Channel, instead of having activated abilities, that let players use extra copies. Two locations are repeated from prior Legendary Lands, two are referred to often in name and flavor, and the last (Otawara) was only known from the novels.

The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth

A Universes Beyond product using the Tolkien novels, eight notable locations were printed as Legendary lands, all of which are color-producing utility lands. The five monocolored lands enter untapped with a Legendary creature, Mount Doom is a pain land, The Black Gate is a shock land variant, and The Grey Havens is a scry land.

The Kamigawa block

Besides the cycle from Champions of Kamigawa the Kamigawa block introduced 8 more legendary lands as a part of its Legendary-matters theme. That makes a total of 13 legendary lands in the block, far more than the average block, though the Ixalan block is a close second at 11 legendary lands.

Champions of Kamigawa
Betrayers of Kamigawa
Saviors of Kamigawa

Other legendary lands