Basic Land

Basic Lands are lands that may be tapped to produce mana of one color in Magic.

Details

There are 5 types of Basic Lands; one for each color of Mana.

• A Plains produces White mana.
• An Island produces Blue mana.
• A Swamp produces Black mana.
• A Mountain produces Red mana.
• A Forest produces Green mana.

Battle for Zendikar introduced a new card, Wastes that produces Colorless mana.

Comprehensive Rules

• 205.4c Any land with the supertype “basic” is a basic land. Any land that doesn’t have this supertype is a nonbasic land, even if it has a basic land type.
  • Cards printed in sets prior to the Eighth Edition core set didn’t use the word “basic” to indicate a basic land. Cards from those sets with the following names are basic lands and have received errata in the Oracle card reference accordingly: Forest, Island, Mountain, Plains, Swamp, Snow-Covered Forest, Snow-Covered Island, Snow-Covered Mountain, Snow-Covered Plains, and Snow-Covered Swamp.
• 305.6. The basic land types are Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, and Forest. If an object uses the words “basic land type,” it’s referring to one of these subtypes. A land with a basic land type has the intrinsic ability “: Add [mana symbol] to your mana pool,” even if the text box doesn’t actually contain that text or the object has no text box. For Plains, [mana symbol] is ; for Islands, ; for Swamps, ; for Mountains, ; and for Forests, . See rule 107.4a. See also rule 605, “Mana Abilities.”

Other Lands

• Artifact Lands
• Non-basic Lands
• Snow Lands