Snow-Covered Island
Basic Snow Land โ Island
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Illustrated by Piotr Dura ยท Jumpstart 2022 (J22)
Legalities
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Duel Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
Printings
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Mystery Booster 2 #117 common 2024-08-02
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Secret Lair Drop #1474โ rare 2023-12-06
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Secret Lair Drop #1474 rare 2023-12-06
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Jumpstart 2022 #833 common 2022-12-02
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Secret Lair Drop #326 rare 2021-11-29
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MTG Arena Promos #258 common 2021-08-01
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Kaldheim #279 common 2021-02-05
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Kaldheim #278 common 2021-02-05
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Secret Lair Drop #2 rare 2019-12-04
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Modern Horizons #251 common 2019-06-14
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Arena New Player Experience #95847 common 2018-07-14
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Masters Edition II #242 common 2008-09-22
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Coldsnap #152 common 2006-07-21
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Ice Age #371 common 1995-06-03
Rulings
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Snow is a supertype, not a card type. It has no rules meaning or function by itself, but spells and abilities may refer to it.
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The
symbol is a generic mana symbol. It represents a cost that can be paid by one mana that was produced by a snow source. That mana can be any color or colorless.
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Snow isn't a type of mana. If an effect says you may spend mana as though it were any type, you can't pay for
using mana that wasn't produced by a snow source.
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Some cards have additional effects for each
spent to cast them. You can cast these spells even if you don't spend any snow mana to cast them; their additional effects simply won't do anything.
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The Kaldheim set doesn't have any cards with mana costs that include
, but some previous sets do. If an effect says such a spell costs
less to cast, that reduction doesn't apply to any
costs. This is also true for activated abilities that include
in their activation costs and effects that reduce those costs.
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In a Limited event (usually Booster Draft or Sealed Deck), you can't add basic snow lands to your card pool as you would other basic lands. You can play with basic snow lands only if you open them in your sealed deck or draft them.
Archetypes that play this card
Duel Commander
- Aang, Swift Savior 100.0% of lists
- Emry, Lurker of the Loch 100.0% of lists
- Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph 100.0% of lists
Show 9 more Duel Commander archetypes
- Kefka, Court Mage 100.0% of lists
- Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel 100.0% of lists
- Niv-Mizzet, Parun 100.0% of lists
- Tasigur, the Golden Fang 100.0% of lists
- Tivit, Seller of Secrets 100.0% of lists
- Vohar, Vodalian Desecrator 100.0% of lists
- Jace, Multiverse Architect 62.5% of lists
- Atraxa, Grand Unifier 50.0% of lists
- Glarb, Calamity's Augur 50.0% of lists
Legacy
- Doomsday 25.9% of lists
- Jeskai Control 12.5% of lists
- Sewer-Cam Combo 9.5% of lists
Show 5 more Legacy archetypes
- Azorius Tempo 8.5% of lists
- Other 4.1% of lists
- Sultai Tempo 2.2% of lists
- Mystic Forge Combo 2.1% of lists
- Izzet Delver 1.3% of lists
Modern
- Bant Midrange 100.0% of lists
- Neobrand 60.0% of lists
- Grixis Reanimator 57.1% of lists
Show 5 more Modern archetypes
- Other 6.2% of lists
- Eldrazi Tron 4.2% of lists
- Affinity 3.2% of lists
- Esper Midrange 3.2% of lists
- Jeskai Blink 2.9% of lists
Pauper
- Izzet Terror 100.0% of lists
- Jeskai Ephemerate 52.9% of lists
- Familiars 45.0% of lists
Show 3 more Pauper archetypes
- Other 18.2% of lists
- Grixis Faeries 2.6% of lists
- Mono-Blue Delver 1.7% of lists
Vintage
- Doomsday 17.6% of lists
- Esper Lurrus Control 11.3% of lists
- Other 10.3% of lists
Show 1 more Vintage archetypes
- Oath of Druids 9.7% of lists