Thelonite Monk's activated ability and land types
Asked by MountainMan817 1 year ago
Thelonite Monk's activated ability can turn a land into a Forest indefinitely, but does it remove other types? Gatherer's Oracle is not clear.
MountainMan817 says... #2
Rhadamanthus I figured Fallen Empires would have some effects like that but wasn't sure. Thanks for the ruling!
Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #1
It will remove other types and the abilities from the land's rules text. This is because of a special rule covering effects that set a land's type to a basic type without saying "in addition to its other types" (this is also the same principle behind how Blood Moon works):
305.7. 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 land types, and any copiable effects affecting that land, and it gains the appropriate mana ability for each new basic land type. Note that this doesn’t remove any abilities that were granted to the land by other effects. Setting a land’s subtype doesn’t add or remove any card types (such as creature) or supertypes (such as basic, legendary, and snow) the land may have. If a land gains one or more land types in addition to its own, it keeps its land types and rules text, and it gains the new land types and mana abilities.
June 22, 2022 9:58 a.m.