305. Lands

Rules in this chapter

• 305.1 Lands A player who has priority may play a land card from their hand during a main phase of their turn when the stack is empty. Playing a land is a special action; it doesn’t use the…
• 305.2 Lands A player can normally play one land during their turn; however, continuous effects may increase this number.
• 305.3 Lands A player can’t play a land, for any reason, if it isn’t their turn. Ignore any part of an effect that instructs a player to do so.
• 305.4 Lands Effects may also allow players to “put” lands onto the battlefield. This isn’t the same as “playing a land” and doesn’t count as a land played during the current turn.
• 305.5 Lands Land subtypes are always a single word and are listed after a long dash. Land subtypes are also called land types. Lands may have multiple subtypes. See rule 205.3i for the…
• 305.6 Lands 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. An object with the…
• 305.7 Lands If an effect sets a land’s subtype to one or more of the basic land types, the land no longer has its old land type. It loses all abilities generated from its rules text, its old…
• 305.8 Lands 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.
• 305.9 Lands If an object is both a land and another card type, it can be played only as a land. It can’t be cast as a spell.