Snow-Covered Plains

Snow-Covered Plains Confusion

"Basic" is only a marker for lands and has nothing to do with how many copies you're allowed in a deck. So why does Wizards let it be a problem that players are allowed unlimited snow basics? Can't you just say, "You can't have more than four copies of cards other than lands named Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, and Forest in your deck unless the card says otherwise"?

Getting players to understand that Plains and Snow-Covered Plains are not the same got a lot harder with almost thirty years of saying they’re the same.

Basics Lands Snow-Covered Plains Swamp

Snow Basics Revisited

Why are snow basics a mistake? Do they just make snow too easy?

We just want one type of each basic land. The basic Plains is just Plains. Snow-Covered Plains can still do everything it does and be a Plains. It just shouldn’t be basic. Note: This is what would be ideal, not what is currently true.

Basics Lands Snow-Covered Plains

Snow-Covered Plains Request

Can I request snow-matters cards in white next time snow is a theme in a set? In Kaldheim there was barely any reason to use Snow-Covered Plains.

They look pretty?

Kaldheim Snow-Covered Plains White

Question About Basic Snow-Covered Lands

In a world where Snow-Covered Plains etc weren't basic, do you think a Snow-Covered Wastes (or equivalent) that is badic would be fair? That way you'd be able to play as many snow lands as you wanted, but at a point there would be the cost of them not providing coloured mana.

I think there should be only six basic lands (Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, Forest, and Wastes).

Lands Mana Snow-Covered Plains Snow-Covered Wastes Swamp

Regarding Snow-Covered Wastes

Sorry, I asked about Snow-Covered Plains? I meant Snow-Covered Wastes

That’s a lot dicier. It requires having a set that cares about both colorless mana, as a cost, and snow. As both things need support in a set to work and that support would overlap a lot, it’s unlikely in anything other than a Modern Horizons like set that’s messing around with various types of mana.

Colorless Mana Modern Horizons Snow-Covered Plains Snow-Covered Wastes

Snow-Covered Plains Printing

If/when Snow-Covered Plains

When. I assume we’ll print snow-covered plains again.

Card Printing If/When Snow-Covered Plains

Basic Lands Viewpoint

Basic lands are bland and predictable. They fill the empty slots left over when you're done building your deck. Like going to the dentist, they're necessary but not exciting. This explains most of the appeal of snow. It's one of the few attempts to make basics interesting. A basic land named "Flower-Covered Plains" would generate 90% of the same hype as "Snow-Covered Plains." People want the ability to mechanically differentiate and flavorfully personalize their deck's basic lands.

That’s why we have so many different pieces of art for basic lands.Basic lands being something simple you don’t have to think about, essentially making your deck many less cards to focus on, is a feature for all but the very enfranchised players.

Art Basics Experienced / Enfranchised Players Lands Snow-Covered Plains

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