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Island is one of the five basic land types and provides blue mana, which is required to cast blue spells.[1]
Additionally there is a snow variant, the Snow-Covered Island.
List of Islands[edit | edit source]
In contrast to other basic lands the islands are ordered by sea or archipelago rather than continent whenever possible.
Islands of Alara[edit | edit source]
Grixis[edit | edit source]
Islands of Azoria[edit | edit source]
Azoria's ocean featured desert islands until Freyalise destroyed them.
Islands of Cridhe[edit | edit source]
Cridhe itself seems to be mostly an island. There are other smaller isles though.
- Southern Isle
Islands of Dominaria[edit | edit source]
Cape of Casindral[edit | edit source]
Edemi Islands[edit | edit source]
Golthonor Sea[edit | edit source]
Jaema Sea[edit | edit source]
- Chaza Isles, including Teferi's Isle
Lat-Nam[edit | edit source]
- Lat-Nam is known for the College of Lat-Nam.
Spice Isles[edit | edit source]
Yulin and Equitar[edit | edit source]
Terisiare[edit | edit source]
- Lat-Nam, known for the College of Lat-Nam.
- Videnth
Tolaria[edit | edit source]
- Tolaria was known for the academy built on it.
Caliman[edit | edit source]
Vesuva[edit | edit source]
Voda Sea[edit | edit source]
Western Sea[edit | edit source]
- Island of Stonehaven
Islands of Kamigawa[edit | edit source]
- Otawara, may be considered an island in the sky, rather than in the sea.
Kamitaki[edit | edit source]
- The most notable islands are those floating near the Kamitaki waterfall. Minamo was built on one of them.
Islands of Lorwyn[edit | edit source]
Lorwyn does not have any seas. Instead of islands, the Merrow Lanes supply blue mana.
Islands of Mercadia[edit | edit source]
Islands of Mirrodin[edit | edit source]
Quicksilver Sea[edit | edit source]
- Vedalken Spires with Lumengrid
Islands of Rabiah[edit | edit source]
- Serendib
- The Island of Wak-Wak. Home to a tribe of winged folk. Named for a peculiar fruit that grows there. The fruit looks like a woman's head, and when ripe speaks the word “Wak.”
Islands of Ravnica[edit | edit source]
Ravnica's water supply system also provides mana.
Islands of Ulgrotha[edit | edit source]
Unknown plane[edit | edit source]
- Sevick Isles [2]
Rules[edit | edit source]
From the glossary of the Comprehensive Rules (November 20, 2020—Commander Legends)
- Island
- One of the five basic land types. Any land with this subtype has the ability “{T}: Add {U}.” See rule 305.6.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- The highest rarity an island has ever been printed in was rare in Alpha, as part of WotC's plot to keep players from guessing rarities.[3][4]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Michael Yichao (October 6, 2015). "Evolution of the Basic Land". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Flavor text for Nimbus of the Isles
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (February 16, 2009). "25 Random Things About Magic". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (August 17, 2009). "In My Day". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
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