Ranger's Path and Shock lands
Asked by Bellock86 11 years ago
Can Ranger's Path go get say a Temple Garden and/or Overgrown Tomb ?
I wasn't sure with the wording of it as it specifically says "for up to two Forest cards".
GoldGhost012 says... Accepted answer #2
Yes. Both Temple Garden and Overgrown Tomb are partially Forests, and can be fetched by cards that specify Forests.
February 11, 2014 10:43 p.m.
Thanks GoldGhost012. I kinda thought I was over thinking it but for some reason that card doesnt seem to come up very much as a ramp card in EDH. I mean Explosive Vegetation gets dropped all the time but I've never seen this brought up.
February 11, 2014 10:57 p.m.
GoldGhost012 says... #4
It's because there are can be more basic lands than nonbasic Forests in EDH decks except for in mono-green, where there's no reason to run duals. In a multicolor deck, for example, you can fetch any basic land you wanted with Explosive Vegetation , while Ranger's Path can only fetch lands with the subtype Forest. Nonbasic land hate is also more prominent.
February 11, 2014 11:03 p.m.
nobu_the_bard says... #6
There's also the fact that dual-lands with land subtypes such as Forest tend to be more expensive, thus building on a budget means they aren't cost effective, so Ranger's Path isn't efficient since you'll most likely not be able to include any of those types of duals. When you could include Kodama's Reach or Cultivate .
The shocklands are just one example; the original Alpha duals also work if you can budget them.
Bellock86 says... #1
Forest with a capitol letter is what is confusing me
February 11, 2014 10:42 p.m.