Landwalk
| Landwalk | |
|---|---|
| Keyword Ability | |
| Type | Evasion |
| Introduced | Alpha |
| Last used | Magic 2015 |
| Reminder Text | (type) Landwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a (type).) |
| Scryfall Search | |
| keyword:"walk" | |
Landwalk is a former evergreen keyword ability on creatures that makes the creature unblockable if the defending player controls at least one land with a certain characteristic.
Description
Landwalk was introduced in Alpha.[1] The keyword always appeared in conjunction with a subtype or supertype to denote the appropriate characteristic, and in most cases did not actually appear as "Landwalk", but instead "Islandwalk", "swampwalk", "Snow Forestwalk" and so on. "Plainswalk" has always been the least used basic landwalk type (only 5 cards, including Old Fogey) because it's not a great fit for its color mechanically, nor has particularly strong flavor. Also, the fact that "planeswalk" became an important concept in the game made "plainswalk" confusing.[2]
Lately, landwalk has fallen out of favor with R&D and thus is not getting used very often. It was declared obsolete altogether with the release of Magic Origins.[1]
Rules
Example
Cards that grant Landwalk
Plainswalk
Islandwalk
- Piracy Charm
- Fishliver Oil
- Lord of Atlantis (other Merfolk creatures)
- Master of the Pearl Trident (other Merfolk creatures)
- Part Water
- Sandals of Abdallah
- War Barge
Swampwalk
- Filth
(if it's in your graveyard and you control a Swamp) - Funeral Charm
- Leshrac's Rite
- Nighthaze
- Zombie Master (other Zombie creatures)
Mountainwalk
- Burrowing
- Cave Sense
- Goblin King (other Goblin creatures)
- Volcanic Strength
Forestwalk
- Dryad's Favor
- Eladamri, Lord of Leaves (other Elf creatures)
- Elvish Champion (other Elf creatures)
- Nature's Cloak
- Hidden Path
- Lumbering Satyr
Nonbasic Landwalk
Landwalk of the chosen type
Multiple (potentially)
- Concerted Effort
(if you control a creature with that landwalk ability)
Anti-landwalk
Anti-landwalk cards allow creatures with a given landwalk ability to be blocked as though they didn't have that ability. The cards are listed below:
Enchantments
- Crevasse (mountainwalk)
- Deadfall (forestwalk)
- Great Wall (plainswalk)
- Quagmire (swampwalk)
- Undertow (islandwalk)
- The Aura Street Savvy permits enchanted creature block creatures with landwalk abilities as though they didn't have those abilities.
- The World Enchantment Mystic Decree causes all creatures to lose islandwalk.
Creatures
- Gosta Dirk (islandwalk)
- Lord Magnus (plainswalk, forestwalk)
- Ur-Drago (swampwalk)
Artifacts
- Staff of the Ages (any landwalk abilities)