What is so great about shock lands?

What is so great about shock lands?

Shocklands (which allow you to “Shock” yourself in order to get an untapped land) have many advantages: Good color depth without loss of tempo. Oftentimes, getting your land into play untapped is worth two life; shocklands give you the option to set that up. Excellent color-fixing with fetch effects.

Why are they called shock lands?

Shock lands are named after the card Shock. A shockland is a land that comes in play tapped, unless you pay 2 life, in which case it comes in untapped. Hence the name Shock.

Are shock lands basic lands?

Shocklands like [[Overgrown Tomb]] do in fact carry the basic land types as well as being a normal land card. This means that any time a card checks for the presence of a basic land type, those cards also qualify!

What are the types of lands MTG?

The land types are Desert, Forest, Gate, Island, Lair, Locus, Mine, Mountain, Plains, Power-Plant, Swamp, Tower, and Urza’s.

Can you fetch shock lands?

Shock lands come into play tapped unless you pay the 2 life. Other lands (such as the Ravnican Guildgates) just come into play tapped with no option otherwise. Even if the spell or ability that let you fetch that land doesn’t specify tapped or untapped, the land you fetched will set that condition.

What set has shock lands?

The shock lands are a 10-card cycle of dual lands that were introduced in the Ravnica block. They have been reprinted in the Return to Ravnica block and the Guilds of Ravnica block.

What are shock lands?

Shocklands are dual lands — lands that can be tapped for one of two types of mana — that you can pay 2 life to have enter the battlefield untapped. There are 10 of them, each aligning with one the 10 different guilds in Magic, and each counting as two different land types.

Is cinder Glade a basic land?

Even though these lands have basic land types, they are not basic lands because “basic” doesn’t appear on their type line. Notably, controlling two or more of them won’t allow others to enter the battlefield untapped.

Is Savannah a basic land?

Savannah (Vintage Masters) – Gatherer – Magic: The Gathering. This has the mana abilities associated with both of its basic land types. This has basic land types, but it isn’t a basic land.

Can you fetch OG dual lands?

From my understanding you can fetch: Basic lands. Original Dual Lands (such as Savannah) Shock lands (such as Watery Grave)

What are the 10 shock lands?

Here are the 10 shocklands from their most recent sets, Guilds of Ravnica and Ravnica Allegiance:

• Hallowed Fountain.
• Watery Grave.
• Blood Crypt.
• Stomping Ground.
• Temple Garden.
• Godless Shrine.
• Steam Vents.
• Overgrown Tomb.