Basic lands

From MTG Salvation Wiki

There are ten basic lands. Each color of mana has two corresponding basic lands.

In Color Wheel order there are:

• White () — Plains, Snow-Covered Plains
• Blue () — Island, Snow-Covered Island
• Black () — Swamp, Snow-Covered Swamp
• Red () — Mountain, Snow-Covered Mountain
• Green () — Forest, Snow-Covered Forest

Basic lands are identified by the supertype "Basic" in the type line. There is no limit to the number of basic lands that can be included in a deck. They are generally considered the most-played cards in the game as they serve the fundamental function of providing mana necessary to play most non-land cards. They are also considered one of the cornerstones of Magic design as no lands should be printed that are strictly better than basic lands. The sole exception to this rule are the Dual lands from Alpha. As such, other lands feature drawbacks (not being able to play more than four copies in a deck is not considered a drawback).^[1]

From the Comprehensive Rules: 100.2. In constructed play, each player needs his or her own deck of at least sixty cards, small items to represent any tokens and counters, and some way to clearly track life totals. A constructed deck can have any number of basic land cards and no more than four of any card with a particular English name other than basic land cards.

[edit] References