Blood Moon, Arbor Elf, and Shock lands interactions

Asked by Reaxetion 7 years ago

I have a Blood Moon, Arbor Elf, and Breeding Pool in play. Can I use Arbor Elf to untap Breeding Pool for more red mana?

I know cards like Price of Progress recognize that the Breeding Pool is still a non-basic, but I don't know for sure if it retains "Forest" for Arbor Elf's needs.

sonnet666 says... Accepted answer #1

No, you can cannot. Blood Moon overwrites the land types of all non-basic lands to make them be only Mountains. They will not have the "Forest" type to make them a legal target for Arbor Elf's ability.

The reason for this distinction is that "Basic" is a supertype that is applied to lands (the same as "legendary" and "world"), while Forest, Mountain, Island, Swamp, and Plains are land types.

Blood Moon has a static effect that overwrites the types of lands on the battlefield, but does not effect their supertypes.

October 23, 2016 1:13 p.m.

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