Enchantment land
| Enchantment Land | |
|---|---|
| Multiple Card Types | |
| Subtypes |
Enchantment type Land type |
| Statistics |
1 card  100% |
| Scryfall Search | |
| type:"Enchantment Land" | |
An enchantment land, a card with both the enchantment and the land type, first appeared as a test card in the Mystery Booster set (Enchanted Prairie) and in black-border as Urza's Saga in Modern Horizons.[1]
History
Players have often wondered if enchantment lands had been considered for the "enchantment matters" Theros block. Mark Rosewater admitted that R&D's experience with artifact lands (which turned out way too powerful) scared them off from even trying, especially with Constellation in the mix.[2][3][4] It would have been a problem even if the enchantment land was legendary.[5][6] Even one enchantment land would have forced development to raise the costs of all the cards with the Constellation mechanic.[7]
Rosewater assumeed enchantment lands would appear in a regular set one day (possibly in a supplemental set) but most likely not in a set where “enchantments matter”.[8] The first black-bordered enchantment land, Urza's Saga, indeed appeared in Modern Horizons 2.[1]
Ruling
- Playing Enchanted Prairie as a land uses a land drop, the same as playing an artifact land.[9]
References
- ↑ a b Adam Styborski (May 6, 2021). "Welcome to the Summer of Legend". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (May 18, 2014). "Was an enchantment land ever in consideration for Theros block?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (December 14, 2014). "Was mirridon/new phyrexia artifact land and how good it was with affinity similar to why there wasn't enchantment lands?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (May 16, 2016). "It's still difficult to understand your reluctance to make an enchantment land.". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (July 24, 2014). "Why didn't Theros block have an Enchantment Land?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (October 09, 2014). "Couldn't you have made Nyx itself as a card?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (December 15, 2014). "Don't you think the issue with Mirrodin's artifact lands is that there are so many of them?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (April 05, 2016). "What are the chances of ever seeing an enchantment land?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Eli Shiffrin (November 11, 2019). "Mystery Booster Release Notes". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
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