Land

From Magic: The Gathering

Land is a card types in existence. Lands are the base for magic, because they are used to produce the magic energy of mana at no cost other than taping. Land is primarily used for Mana, but often lands have other Abilities. Lands do not go on the "Stack" and do not have a Mana Cost or a Color.

[edit] Basic Lands

There are five basic land types. Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain and Forest. These lands produce the Mana of the five colors of the pentacle of colors and can be used to pay for Spells. Lands can have multiple of these types, but the only lands that are basic lands are the lands that have only a single of these types and have the word "Basic" on their Type Line.

[edit] Nonbasic Lands

Nonbasic Lands can have any and all abilities, although all modern lands produce Mana (there are a few earlier lands that do not produce Mana but Wizards of the Coast sees this as a mistake).

See Also: List of Nonbasic Lands.

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