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==Legacy==
  
==Legacy==
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Since then, "dual land" has also come to refer to any land that can produce two colors of mana.<ref>{{NewRef|why-are-dual-lands-usually-allied-colored-2008-06-13|Why Are Dual Lands Usually Allied-Colored|[[Devin Low]]|June 13, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{NewRef|making-magic/gates-foundation-2013-05-17|Gates Foundation|[[Mark Rosewater]]|May 20, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{NewRef|latest-developments/power-lands-2015-10-09|The Power of Lands|[[Sam Stoddard]]|October 9, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{NewRef|making-magic/get-ready-dual-2017-02-27|Get Ready to Dual|[[Mark Rosewater]]|February 27, 2017}}</ref> Dual lands are often highly sought-after and fetch high prices on the secondary market.
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Since then, "dual land" has also come to refer to any land that can produce two colors of mana.<ref>{{DailyRef|why-are-dual-lands-usually-allied-colored-2008-06-13|Why Are Dual Lands Usually Allied-Colored|[[Devin Low]]|June 13, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{DailyRef|making-magic/gates-foundation-2013-05-17|Gates Foundation|[[Mark Rosewater]]|May 20, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{DailyRef|latest-developments/power-lands-2015-10-09|The Power of Lands|[[Sam Stoddard]]|October 9, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{DailyRef|making-magic/get-ready-dual-2017-02-27|Get Ready to Dual|[[Mark Rosewater]]|February 27, 2017}}</ref> 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:
  
Popular dual land [[cycles]] have been printed in numerous sets, including:
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* ''[[Ice Age]]'' ([[pain land]]s)
  
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* ''[[Onslaught]]/[[Zendikar]]/[[Khans of Tarkir]]'' ([[fetch land]]s)
  
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* ''[[Tempest]]'' ([[pain lands]])
  
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* ''[[Apocalypse]]'' ([[pain land]]s)
  
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* ''[[Odyssey]]'' ([[filter land]]s)
  
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* ''[[Ravnica block]]'' ([[shock land]]s and [[bounce land]]s)
  
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* ''[[Future Sight]]'' (special cycle of different mechanics<ref>{{NewRef|latest-developments/when-cycle-isnt-cycle-2007-04-20|When a Cycle Isn't a Cycle|[[Aaron Forsythe]]|April 20, 2007}}</ref>)
  
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* ''[[Shadowmoor block]]'' ([[filter land]]s)
  
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* ''[[Theros block]]'' ([[scry land]]s)
  
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* ''[[Battle for Zendikar]]'' ([[battle land]]s)
  
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* ''[[Magic 2010]]/[[Innistrad]]/[[Ixalan]]'' ([[check land]]s)
  
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* ''[[Worldwake]]/[[Battle for Zendikar]]/[[Oath of the Gatewatch]]'' (dual-colored [[Manlands]])
  
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* ''[[Scars of Mirrodin]]/[[Kaladesh]]'' ([[fast land]]s)<ref>{{NewRef|latest-developments/promised-land-2010-09-16|The Promised Land|[[Tom LaPille]]|September 17, 2010}}</ref>
  
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* ''[[Amonkhet]]'' ([[Cycling land#Dual-colored Cycling Lands|cycling/bicycle lands]])
  
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* ''[[Battlebond]]'' ([[bond land]]s)
  
   
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There are also a few notable "[[triple land]]s" cycles that produce three colors of mana; a cycle of shard-colored triple lands was printed in ''[[Shards of Alara]]'' and a cycle of wedge-colored triple lands was printed in ''[[Khans of Tarkir]]''.
  
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! Cycle !! Type !! Original Set !! Major Reprints !! Note
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|rowspan="2"| [[Pain land]]s || Ally-colored || ''[[Ice Age]]'' || ''[[Fifth Edition]]'', ''[[Sixth Edition]]'', ''[[Seventh Edition]]'', ''[[Ninth Edition]]'', ''[[Tenth Edition]]'' ||rowspan="2"|Taps for colorless mana, or one mana of the colors of the land for one damage.
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| Enemy-colored || ''[[Apocalypse]]'' || ''[[Ninth Edition]]'', ''[[Tenth Edition]]'', ''[[Magic 2015]]'', ''[[Magic Origins]], [[Commander 2020]]''
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| [[Pain land]]s || Enemy-colored || ''[[Tempest]]'' || ''[[Vintage Masters]]'' || Enters the battlefield tapped
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| [[Fetch land]]s || Ally-colored || ''[[Mirage]]'' || ''[[Vintage Masters]]'' || Enters the battlefield tapped
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|-
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|rowspan="2"| [[Fetch land]]s || Ally-colored || ''[[Onslaught]]'' || ''[[Khans of Tarkir]]'', ''[[Zendikar Expeditions]]'' ||rowspan="2"|Fetches lands with basic land types
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| Enemy-colored || ''[[Zendikar]]'' || ''[[Modern Masters 2017]]'', ''[[Zendikar Expeditions]]''
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| [[Filter land]]s || Ally-colored || ''[[Odyssey]]'' || ||Adds an allied-colored pair of mana to your mana pool, which activates at the cost of one colorless mana.
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|-
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|rowspan="2"| [[Filter land]]s || Ally-colored || ''[[Future Sight]] (incomplete<ref name="Not a Cycle"/>)|| ''[[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.
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| Enemy-colored || ''[[Eventide]]'' || ''[[Zendikar Expeditions]]'', ''[[Masters 25]]''
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|Adds two mana in any combination of an enemy color pair, which activates at the cost of one mana of one of those colors.
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| [[Bounce land]]s || Ally and enemy-colored || ''[[Ravnica block]]'' || ''[[Iconic Masters]]''
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| Enters the battlefield tapped, requires a land to be returned to hand upon playing, adds a pair of colors
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| [[Shock land]]s || Ally and enemy-colored || ''[[Ravnica block]]'' || ''[[Return to Ravnica block]]'', ''[[Zendikar Expeditions]]'', ''[[Guilds of Ravnica block]]'' || Upon playing, the player can take 2 damage or the land enters the battlefield tapped. This land shares basic land types.
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| Nimbus lands || Ally-colored || ''[[Future Sight]]'' (incomplete<ref name="Not a Cycle">{{DailyRef|latest-developments/when-cycle-isnt-cycle-2007-04-20|When a Cycle Isn't a Cycle|[[Aaron Forsythe]]|April 20, 2007}}</ref>)|| ''[[Iconic Masters]]'' (incomplete) || Adds colorless; adds colored mana only if the player already controls the other color's basic land type
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| Changing lands || Ally-colored || ''[[Future Sight]]'' (incomplete<ref name="Not a Cycle"/>)|| ''[[Iconic Masters]]'' (incomplete) || The color of the added mana is dependent on the fact if another land has been played or not.
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| Opponents' boon lands || Ally-colored || ''[[Future Sight]]'' (incomplete<ref name="Not a Cycle"/>)|| ''[[Iconic Masters]]'' (incomplete) || Adds colorless; opponents gain 1 life when tapped for colors
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|rowspan="2"| [[Horizon land]]s || Ally-colored || ''[[Future Sight]]'' (incomplete<ref name="Not a Cycle"/>) || ''[[Modern Horizons]]'' (incomplete) ||rowspan="2"| Pain lands that can be sacrificed to draw a card.
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| Enemy-colored || ''[[Modern Horizons]]'' ||
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| [[Scry land]]s || Ally and enemy-colored || ''[[Theros block]]'' ||''[[Core Set 2020]]'' (enemy-colored), ''[[Theros Beyond Death]]'' (allied-colored), ''[[Core Set 2021]]'' (enemy-colored) || Enters the battlefield tapped with a scry
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| [[Battle land]]s || Ally-colored || ''[[Battle for Zendikar]]'' || ''[[Zendikar Expeditions]]'' || Has basic land types; untaps with two basics
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|rowspan="2"| [[Check land]]s || Ally-colored || ''[[Magic 2010]]'' || ''[[Magic 2011]]'', ''[[Magic 2012]]'', ''[[Magic 2013]]'', ''[[Ixalan]]'' ||rowspan="2"|Checks for basic land types to be untapped
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| Enemy-colored || ''[[Innistrad]]'' || ''[[Dominaria]]''
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|rowspan="2"| Dual-colored [[manland]]s || Ally-colored || ''[[Worldwake]]'' || ''[[Ultimate Masters]]'' ||rowspan="2"|Enters the battlefield tapped, can become creatures until end of turn
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| Enemy-colored || ''[[Battle for Zendikar block]]'' ||
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|rowspan="2"| [[Fast land]]s<ref>{{DailyRef|latest-developments/promised-land-2010-09-16|The Promised Land|[[Tom LaPille]]|September 17, 2010}}</ref> || Ally-colored || ''[[Scars of Mirrodin]]'' || ||rowspan="2"|Enters untapped as long as you control less than two other lands
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| Enemy-colored || ''[[Kaladesh]]'' ||
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|rowspan="2"| [[Reveal land]]s || Ally-colored || ''[[Shadows over Innistrad]]'' || ||rowspan="2"| Untapped if an appropriate basic land type is revealed from hand
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| Enemy-colored || ''[[Strixhaven: School of Mages]]'' ||
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| [[Cycling land#Dual-colored Cycling Lands|Bicycle lands]] || Ally-colored || ''[[Amonkhet]]'' || || Enters the battlefield tapped, has basic land types, cycles for {{2}}
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|rowspan="2"| [[Bond land]]s
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| Ally-colored || ''[[Battlebond]]'' ||
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|rowspan="2"| Enters the battlefield tapped unless controller has two or more opponents
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| Enemy-colored || ''[[Commander Legends]]'' ||
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| Aggro lands || Enemy-colored (incomplete) || ''[[Mystery Booster]]'' || || Taps before the [[combat phase]] ([[test card]])
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| [[Pathway land]]s || Ally and enemy-colored || ''[[Zendikar Rising]]'' ''[[Kaldheim]]'' || || [[Modal double-faced card]]s
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|[[Dual snow land|Snow Duals]]
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|Ally and enemy-colored
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|Kaldheim
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|Fetchable Snow Dual lands that come into play tapped
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|[[Gainland|Gain Lands]]
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|Ally and enemy-colored
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|[[Zendikar]], [[Khans of Tarkir]]
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|[[Core Set 2020]], [[Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths]], [[Core Set 2021]]
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|Enters the battlefield tapped and you gain 1 life. Theme introduced in [[Zendikar]] as Refuge Lands, but the reprints are from [[Khans of Tarkir]].
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|}
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There are also a few notable "[[triple land]]s" 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==
  
==Trivia==
 
* <c>Volcanic Island</c> was not printed in ''[[Alpha]]'' through internal error. This oversight was corrected in ''[[Beta]]''.
  
* <c>Volcanic Island</c> was not printed in ''[[Alpha]]'' through internal error. This oversight was corrected in ''[[Beta]]''.
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* <c>Plateau</c> has an alternate art in the ''[[Revised]]'' version due to lost and corrupted art.<ref>{{NewRef|arcana/plateaus-2002-02-20|Plateau(s)|Wizards of the Coast|February 20, 2002}}</ref>
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* <c>Plateau</c> has an alternate art in the ''[[Revised]]'' version due to lost and corrupted art.<ref>{{DailyRef|arcana/plateaus-2002-02-20|Plateau(s)|Wizards of the Coast|February 20, 2002}}</ref>
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* All original dual lands received new art for [[Magic Online]].<ref>{{NewRef|arcana/dual-lands-magic-online-cube-2012-05-09|Dual Lands in the Magic Online Cube|[[Monty Ashley]]|May 9, 2012}}</ref>
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* All original dual lands received new art for [[Magic Online]].<ref>{{DailyRef|arcana/dual-lands-magic-online-cube-2012-05-09|Dual Lands in the Magic Online Cube|[[Monty Ashley]]|May 9, 2012}}</ref>
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==Gallery==
 
<gallery>
  
<gallery>
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image:Plateau (Limited Edition).jpg|Plateau ([[Alpha|Alpha Edition]])
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File:Plateau (Limited Edition).jpg|Plateau ([[Alpha|Alpha Edition]])
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image:Plateau (Revised Edition).jpg|Plateau ([[Revised Edition]])
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File:Plateau (Revised Edition).jpg|Plateau ([[Revised Edition]])
 
</gallery>
  
</gallery>
   

Revision as of 19:41, 25 March 2021

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

Enemy colored

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 Type Original Set Major Reprints Note
Pain lands Ally-colored 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-colored Apocalypse Ninth Edition, Tenth Edition, Magic 2015, Magic Origins, Commander 2020
Pain lands Enemy-colored Tempest Vintage Masters Enters the battlefield tapped
Fetch lands Ally-colored Mirage Vintage Masters Enters the battlefield tapped
Fetch lands Ally-colored Onslaught Khans of Tarkir, Zendikar Expeditions Fetches lands with basic land types
Enemy-colored Zendikar Modern Masters 2017, Zendikar Expeditions
Filter lands Ally-colored Odyssey Adds an allied-colored pair of mana to your mana pool, which activates at the cost of one colorless mana.
Filter lands Ally-colored 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-colored 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 and enemy-colored Ravnica block Iconic Masters Enters the battlefield tapped, requires a land to be returned to hand upon playing, adds a pair of colors
Shock lands Ally and enemy-colored Ravnica block Return to Ravnica block, Zendikar Expeditions, Guilds of Ravnica block Upon playing, the player can take 2 damage or the land enters the battlefield tapped. This land shares basic land types.
Nimbus lands Ally-colored 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-colored 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-colored Future Sight (incomplete[5]) Iconic Masters (incomplete) Adds colorless; opponents gain 1 life when tapped for colors
Horizon lands Ally-colored Future Sight (incomplete[5]) Modern Horizons (incomplete) Pain lands that can be sacrificed to draw a card.
Enemy-colored Modern Horizons
Scry lands Ally and enemy-colored Theros block Core Set 2020 (enemy-colored), Theros Beyond Death (allied-colored), Core Set 2021 (enemy-colored) Enters the battlefield tapped with a scry
Battle lands Ally-colored Battle for Zendikar Zendikar Expeditions Has basic land types; untaps with two basics
Check lands Ally-colored Magic 2010 Magic 2011, Magic 2012, Magic 2013, Ixalan Checks for basic land types to be untapped
Enemy-colored Innistrad Dominaria
Dual-colored manlands Ally-colored Worldwake Ultimate Masters Enters the battlefield tapped, can become creatures until end of turn
Enemy-colored Battle for Zendikar block
Fast lands[6] Ally-colored Scars of Mirrodin Enters untapped as long as you control less than two other lands
Enemy-colored Kaladesh
Reveal lands Ally-colored Shadows over Innistrad Untapped if an appropriate basic land type is revealed from hand
Enemy-colored Strixhaven: School of Mages
Bicycle lands Ally-colored Amonkhet Enters the battlefield tapped, has basic land types, cycles for {2}
Bond lands Ally-colored Battlebond Enters the battlefield tapped unless controller has two or more opponents
Enemy-colored Commander Legends
Aggro lands Enemy-colored (incomplete) Mystery Booster Taps before the combat phase (test card)
Pathway lands Ally and enemy-colored Zendikar Rising Kaldheim Modal double-faced cards
Snow Duals Ally and enemy-colored Kaldheim Fetchable Snow Dual lands that come into play tapped
Gain Lands Ally and enemy-colored Zendikar, Khans of Tarkir Core Set 2020, Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths, Core Set 2021 Enters the battlefield tapped and you gain 1 life. Theme introduced in Zendikar as Refuge Lands, but the reprints are from Khans of Tarkir.

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

Gallery

References

  1. ↑ Devin Low (June 13, 2008). "Why Are Dual Lands Usually Allied-Colored". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  2. ↑ Mark Rosewater (May 20, 2013). "Gates Foundation". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  3. ↑ Sam Stoddard (October 9, 2015). "The Power of Lands". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  4. ↑ Mark Rosewater (February 27, 2017). "Get Ready to Dual". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  5. ↑ a b c d e Aaron Forsythe (April 20, 2007). "When a Cycle Isn't a Cycle". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  6. ↑ Tom LaPille (September 17, 2010). "The Promised Land". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  7. ↑ Wizards of the Coast (February 20, 2002). "Plateau(s)". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  8. ↑ Monty Ashley (May 9, 2012). "Dual Lands in the Magic Online Cube". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
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