Card that turn creatures into a basic land?
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Posted on Nov. 4, 2013, 9:16 p.m. by deathtouch_roadrunner
I'm kind of curious if there are any cards that do the reverse of Animate Land ... like 'target creature becomes a swamp and is not a creature until end of turn' or 'target creature becomes a basic land of your choice until end of turn.' Or maybe a land like this:
Protective Cavern. tap: target creature becomes a colorless land until end of turn. tap: add 1 colorless mana to your mana pool.
I tried looking on Gatherer but didn't find anything but I might not have grokked the card search text right.
Just kind of a curiosity of random personal interest.
It seems like it might be a fun way of getting a 'free' or half cost anti-removal/protection spell, or a way to sacrifice a land without really losing a land or something.
Well, there is always Path to Exile . But I don't think that's what you meant.
November 4, 2013 9:37 p.m.
smash10101 says... #4
oh wait, you wanted basic lands, you're gonna need to add Blood Moon or Magus of the Moon to what I said
November 4, 2013 10 p.m.
Overall to get what you want would require you to base the entire deck around that strategy to get it to work and actually wouldn't be worth it.
November 4, 2013 10:43 p.m.
smash10101 says... #6
but, but Realm Razer combo (Life and Limb , Xenograft /Conspiracy , Deadeye Navigator and Amulet of Vigor )
November 4, 2013 10:47 p.m.
There are many convoluted ways to turn creatures into lands, but nothing as simple as one card.
I think the simplest is an animated Mutavault + Mirrorweave or Cytoshape .A more permanent solution, although high-cost, includes an animated Mutavault + Insurrection + Infinite Reflection . I really don't know why you would want to turn every creature on the field into a land, but meh it works. Replace Mutavault with Animate Land for basic lands.
November 5, 2013 12:10 a.m.
Epochalyptik says... #9
@smash10101: Neither Blood Moon nor Magus of the Moon causes a land to become basic. In fact, I don't know of any cards that can turn a nonbasic land into a basic land.
November 5, 2013 1:07 a.m.
MTG_Player says... #10
@deathtouch_roadrunner: Springleaf Drum has the same effect you are looking for.
smash10101 says... #2
there are some (extremely) convoluted ways to turn a creature into a land, though I don't know of any that make them no longer creatures. One way is to play Xenograft or Conspiracy naming saporling and playing Life and Limb . This will make all your creatures forests and all your forests saporlings.
November 4, 2013 9:23 p.m.