Dual land
Dual lands or duals is common slang for any nonbasic land that produces two colors of mana, particularly the ten original rare lands printed from Alpha to Revised.
Original dual lands
Allied colored
- Tundra (
/
) - Underground Sea (/
) - Badlands (/
) - Taiga (/
) - Savannah (/)
Enemy colored
- Scrubland (/)
- Volcanic Island (/)
- Bayou (/)
- Plateau (/)
- Tropical Island (/)
Legacy
Since then, "dual land" has also come to refer to any land that can produce two colors of mana.[1][2][3][4] Dual lands are often highly sought-after and fetch high prices on the secondary market.
Popular dual land cycles have been printed in numerous sets, including:
| Cycle | Color Pair | Enters the Battlefield | Basic Land Types? | Original Set | Major Reprints | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pain lands | Ally | Untapped | No | Ice Age | Fifth Edition, Sixth Edition, Seventh Edition, Ninth Edition, Tenth Edition | Taps for colorless mana, or one mana of the colors of the land for one damage. |
| Enemy | Apocalypse | Ninth Edition, Tenth Edition, Magic 2015, Magic Origins, Commander 2020 | ||||
| Enemy | Tapped | No | Tempest | Vintage Masters | ||
| Fetch lands | Ally | Tapped | No | Mirage | Vintage Masters | Fetches lands with basic land types |
| Ally | Untapped | No | Onslaught | Khans of Tarkir, Zendikar Expeditions | Fetches lands with basic land types, upon paying 1 life | |
| Enemy | Untapped | No | Zendikar | Modern Masters 2017, Zendikar Expeditions, Modern Horizons 2 | ||
| Filter lands | Ally | Untapped | No | Odyssey | Adds an allied-colored pair of mana to your mana pool, which activates at the cost of one colorless mana. | |
| Ally | Untapped | No | Future Sight (incomplete)[5] | Shadowmoor (complete), Zendikar Expeditions | Adds two mana in any combination of an allied color pair, which activates at the cost of one mana of one of those colors. | |
| Enemy | Untapped | No | Eventide | Zendikar Expeditions, Masters 25 | Adds two mana in any combination of an enemy color pair, which activates at the cost of one mana of one of those colors. | |
| Bounce lands | Ally & enemy | Tapped | No | Ravnica block | Iconic Masters | Requires a land to be returned to hand upon playing, adds a pair of colors |
| Shock lands | Ally & enemy | Tapped/Untapped (player's choice) |
Yes | Ravnica block | Return to Ravnica block, Zendikar Expeditions, Guilds of Ravnica block | Upon playing, the player can pay 2 life or the land enters the battlefield tapped. |
| Nimbus lands | Ally | Untapped | No | Future Sight (incomplete)[5] | Iconic Masters (incomplete) | Adds colorless; adds colored mana only if the player already controls the other color's basic land type |
| Changing lands | Ally | Untapped | No | Future Sight (incomplete)[5] | Iconic Masters (incomplete) | The color of the added mana is dependent on the fact if another land has been played or not. |
| Opponents' boon lands | Ally | Untapped | No | Future Sight (incomplete)[5] | Iconic Masters (incomplete) | Adds colorless; opponents gain 1 life when tapped for colors |
| Horizon lands | Ally | Untapped | No | Future Sight (incomplete)[5] | Modern Horizons (incomplete) | Pain lands that can be sacrificed to draw a card. |
| Enemy | Untapped | No | Modern Horizons | |||
| Scry lands | Ally & enemy | Tapped | No | Theros block | Core Set 2020 (enemy), Theros Beyond Death (ally), Core Set 2021 (enemy) | Scry 1 upon entering the battlefield |
| Enemy | Tapped | No | Strixhaven: School of Mages | - | Campuses. Dual lands that also have " ,  : Scry 1."
| |
| Battle lands | Ally | Tapped/Untapped (board state dependent) |
Yes | Battle for Zendikar | Zendikar Expeditions | Enters untapped when controlling two or more basic lands |
| Check lands | Ally | Tapped/Untapped (board state dependent) |
No | Magic 2010 | Magic 2011, Magic 2012, Magic 2013, Ixalan | Checks for basic land types on board to be untapped |
| Enemy | Tapped/Untapped (board state dependent) |
No | Innistrad | Dominaria | ||
| Dual-colored manlands | Ally | Tapped | No | Worldwake | Ultimate Masters | Can become creatures until end of turn |
| Enemy | Tapped | No | Battle for Zendikar block | |||
| Fast lands[6] | Ally | Tapped/Untapped (board state dependent) |
No | Scars of Mirrodin | Enters untapped as long as you control two or fewer other lands | |
| Enemy | Tapped/Untapped (board state dependent) |
No | Kaladesh | |||
| Reveal lands | Ally | Tapped/Untapped (hand-reveal) |
No | Shadows over Innistrad | Untapped if an appropriate basic land type is revealed from hand | |
| Enemy | Tapped/Untapped (hand-reveal) |
No | Strixhaven: School of Mages | |||
| Bicycle lands | Ally | Tapped | Yes | Amonkhet | Cycling 
| |
| Bond lands | Ally | Tapped/Untapped (multiplayer) |
No | Battlebond | Enters the battlefield tapped unless controller has two or more opponents | |
| Enemy | Tapped/Untapped (multiplayer) |
No | Commander Legends | |||
| Aggro lands | Enemy (incomplete) | Untapped | No | Mystery Booster | Taps before the combat phase (test card) | |
| Pathway lands | Ally & enemy (mixed) | Untapped | No | Zendikar Rising | Modal double-faced cards, player gets to choose which face to be on | |
| Kaldheim | ||||||
| Snow duals | Ally & enemy | Tapped | Yes | Kaldheim | Fetchable Dual lands with Snow-Covered properties | |
| Gain lands | Ally & enemy | Tapped | No | Zendikar, Khans of Tarkir | Core Set 2020, Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths, Core Set 2021 | You gain 1 life. Theme introduced in Zendikar as Refuge Lands, but the reprints are from Khans of Tarkir. |
| Bridge lands | Ally & enemy | Tapped | No | Modern Horizons 2 | Artifact land, Indestructible | |
| Slow lands | Ally & enemy | Tapped/Untapped (board state dependent) |
No | Innistrad: Double Feature | Enters untapped as long as you control two or more other lands |
There are also a few notable "triple lands" cycles that produce three colors of mana; a cycle of shard-colored triple lands was printed in Shards of Alara, and two cycles of of wedge-colored triple lands have been printed: one in in Khans of Tarkir, the other in Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths.
Trivia
- Volcanic Island was not printed in Alpha through internal error. This oversight was corrected in Beta.
- Plateau has an alternate art in the Revised version due to lost and corrupted art.[7]
- All original dual lands received new art for Magic Online.[8]
Gallery
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Plateau (Alpha Edition)
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Plateau (Revised Edition)
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References
- ↑ Devin Low (June 13, 2008). "Why Are Dual Lands Usually Allied-Colored". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (May 20, 2013). "Gates Foundation". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Sam Stoddard (October 9, 2015). "The Power of Lands". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (February 27, 2017). "Get Ready to Dual". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ a b c d e Aaron Forsythe (April 20, 2007). "When a Cycle Isn't a Cycle". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Tom LaPille (September 17, 2010). "The Promised Land". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (February 20, 2002). "Plateau(s)". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Monty Ashley (May 9, 2012). "Dual Lands in the Magic Online Cube". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
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