Basic Land
Cards with the Basic supertype that form the foundation of mana bases: Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, and Forest, plus Snow-Covered Plains and the other snow basics, and the colorless Wastes. These are the cards fetch lands search for, check lands look at, and battle lands count. Distinct from land_types.dual_land and land_types.shock_land, which carry basic land TYPES like Plains or Island as subtypes but lack the Basic supertype, so they are nonbasic lands despite tapping for the same colors.
Example cards
Also known as
- basics
- snow basics
- snow-covered basics
- basic mana