Landwalk

Landwalk
Keyword Ability
Type	Evasion
Introduced	Alpha
Last used	Commander 2018
Reminder Text	[Type] Landwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a [type].)
Statistics	40 swampwalk cards 5% 62.5% 25% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 31 islandwalk cards 61.3% 3.2% 22.6% 3.2% 6.5% 3.2% 26 forestwalk cards 3.8% 3.8% 76.9% 7.7% 3.8% 3.8% 17 mountainwalk cards 11.8% 82.4% 5.9% 4 plainswalk cards 50% 25% 25% 2 legendary landwalk cards 50% 50% 1 snow swampwalk card 100% 1 snow forestwalk card 100% 1 snow walk card 100% 1 nonbasic landwalk card 100%
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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. 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", "Desertwalk", "Snow Forestwalk" and so on. "Denimwalk" was used in Unglued. Exceptions to the rule were "Nonbasic landwalk" (Dryad Sophisticate, Trailblazer's Boots), "Legendary landwalk" (Livonya Silone, Ayumi, the Last Visitor), and "Snow landwalk" (Zombie Musher).

Typically, green could get any type of landwalk, while red, black and blue could get the landwalk associated with their respective basic land (mountainwalk, swampwalk, and islandwalk, respectively). "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.

In the course of time, landwalk fell out of favor with R&D and was not getting used very often. It was declared obsolete altogether with the release of Magic Origins.

Examples

Example

River Bear
Creature — Bear
3/3
Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)

Cards that grant Landwalk

Plainswalk

• Aysen Highway

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

• Trailblazer's Boots

Landwalk of the chosen type

• Excavator
• Traveler's Cloak

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)
  • These five enchantments form a cycle of landwalk hosers in Legends

• 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)

External links

• A Planeswalker's Primer for Magic 2010: Landwalk