Plains
| Plains | |
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| Land Type | |
| (Subtype for land cards) | |
| Rules |
 : Add  . |
| Statistics |
26 cards
as of Streets of New Capenna 15.4%  19.2%  19.2%  11.5%  11.5%  23.1% |
| Scryfall Search | |
| type:"Plains" | |
Plains is one of the five basic land types and provides white mana, which is required to cast white spells.[1] Plains are large areas of flat land with few trees.
Description
Every expansion feature one or more Plains. Additionally there is a snow variant, the Snow-Covered Plains. Plains also appears o some bicolored or tricolored lands (e.g. Scrubland, Alpine Meadow, Raugrin Triome).
When Richard Garfield named the basic land types, he considered farmland, countryside, pasture, prairie and steppe for white.[2] He finally settled on Plains. Plains is weird among the other land types, because according it is almost used in plural. Garfield followed the dictionaries in this.[2]
Though there is a clear mechanical difference, in flavor there is a significant overlap between deserts and plains, with sun-scorched, dune-y places like Tarkir's and Esper's deserts being typed as plains.
Storyline
Plains of Alara
Esper
Plains of Dominaria
Aerona
Jamuraa
Otaria
Terisiare
The Domains
Corondor
Plains of Kamigawa
Plains of Kephalai
Plains of Mirrodin
Plains of Shandalar
- The Kingdom of Thune.
Plains of Serra's Realm
- Serra's Realm exclusively consists of Floating Plains
Plains of Shadowmoor
Plains on unknown planes
Rules
From the glossary of the Comprehensive Rules (June 7, 2024—Modern Horizons 3)
- Plains
- One of the five basic land types. Any land with this subtype has the ability “{T}: Add {W}.” See rule 305.6.
References
- ↑ Michael Yichao (October 6, 2015). "Evolution of the Basic Land". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b Mark Rosewater (March 25, 2022). "Why is Plains the only basic land that is plural?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
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