Dual land

Dual lands or duals is common slang for any non-basic land that produces two colors of mana, particularly the ten original rare lands printed from Alpha to Revised.
==Original dual lands==
===Allied colored===
*<c>Tundra</c> (/)
*<c>Underground Sea</c> (/)
*<c>Badlands</c> (/)
*<c>Taiga</c> (/)
*<c>Savannah</c> (/)
===Enemy colored===
*<c>Scrubland</c> (/)
*<c>Volcanic Island</c> (/)
*<c>Bayou</c> (/)
*<c>Plateau</c> (/)
*<c>Tropical Island</c> (/)
==Legacy==
Since then, "dual land" has also come to refer to any land that can produce two colors of mana. Dual lands are often highly sought-after and fetch high prices on the secondary market; the original duals see prices in the thousands.
Popular dual land cycles have been printed in numerous sets, including:
Cycle 	Color pair 	Enters 	Basic land types?	Original Set 	Major Reprints 	Note
Pain lands 	Ally 	Untapped 	No 	Ice Age 	Fifth Edition, Sixth Edition, Seventh Edition, Ninth Edition, Tenth Edition, Dominaria United, The Brothers' War 	Taps for colorless mana or one mana of the colors of the land for one damage.
Pain lands 	Enemy 	Untapped 	No 	Apocalypse 	Ninth Edition, Tenth Edition, Magic 2015, Magic Origins, Commander 2020, Dominaria United, The Brothers' War 	Taps for colorless mana or one mana of the colors of the land for one damage.
Pain lands 	Enemy 	Tapped 	No 	Tempest 	Vintage Masters 	Taps for colorless mana or one mana of the colors of the land for one damage.
Fetch lands 	Ally 	Tapped 	No 	Mirage 	Vintage Masters, Dominaria United Commander 	Fetches lands with basic land types
Fetch lands 	Ally 	Untapped 	No 	Onslaught 	Khans of Tarkir, Zendikar Expeditions, Zendikar Rising Expeditions, Modern Horizons 3 	Fetches lands with basic land types, upon paying 1 life
Fetch lands 	Enemy 	Untapped 	No 	Zendikar 	Modern Masters 2017, Zendikar Expeditions, Zendikar Rising Expeditions, Modern Horizons 2 	Fetches lands with basic land types, upon paying 1 life
Pure Taplands 	Ally 	Tapped 	No 	Invasion 	Eighth Edition 	Enters tapped with no further upside or downside
Pure Taplands 	Ally 	Tapped 	No 	Oath of the Gatewatch 	Core Set 2019 	Enters tapped with no further upside or downside
Pure Taplands 	Enemy 	Tapped 	No 	Shadows over Innistrad 	Rivals of Ixalan, Core Set 2019 	Enters tapped with no further upside or downside
Filter lands 	Ally 	Untapped 	No 	Odyssey 	 	Adds an allied-colored pair of mana to your mana pool, which activates at the cost of one colorless mana.
Filter lands 	Enemy 	Untapped 	No 	Fallout 	 	Adds an enemy-colored pair of mana to your mana pool, which activates at the cost of one colorless mana.
Filter lands 	Ally 	Untapped 	No 	Future Sight (incomplete) 	Shadowmoor (complete), Zendikar Expeditions, Double Masters 	Adds two mana in any combination of an allied color pair, which activates at the cost of one mana of one of those colors.
Filter lands 	Enemy 	Untapped 	No 	Eventide 	Zendikar Expeditions, Masters 25, Double Masters 	Adds two mana in any combination of an enemy color pair, which activates at the cost of one mana of one of those colors.
Bounce lands 	Ally & enemy 	Tapped 	No 	Ravnica block 	Modern Masters 2015, Iconic Masters, Double Masters 2022 	Requires a land to be returned to hand upon playing, adds a pair of colors
Shock lands 	Ally & enemy 	Tapped/Untapped
(player's choice) 	Yes 	Ravnica block 	Return to Ravnica block, Zendikar Expeditions, Guilds of Ravnica block, Unfinity, Ravnica Remastered, Ravnica: Clue Edition 	Upon playing, the player can pay 2 life or the land enters the battlefield tapped.
Nimbus lands 	Ally 	Untapped 	No 	Future Sight (incomplete) 	Iconic Masters (incomplete) 	Adds colorless; adds colored mana only if the player already controls the other color's basic land type
Changing lands 	Ally 	Untapped 	No 	Future Sight (incomplete) 	Iconic Masters (incomplete) 	The color of the added mana is dependent on the fact that another land has been played or not.
Opponents' boon lands 	Ally 	Untapped 	No 	Future Sight (incomplete) 	Iconic Masters (incomplete), Zendikar Rising Expeditions (incomplete) 	Adds colorless; opponents gain 1 life when tapped for colors
Horizon lands 	Ally 	Untapped 	No 	Future Sight (incomplete) 	Modern Horizons (incomplete), Zendikar Rising Expeditions (incomplete) 	Pain lands that can be sacrificed to draw a card.
Horizon lands 	Enemy 	Untapped 	No 	Modern Horizons 	 	Pain lands that can be sacrificed to draw a card.
Guildgates 	Ally & enemy 	Tapped 	No 	Return to Ravnica block 	Modern Masters 2017, Guilds of Ravnica block, Foundations 	Taplands with the Gate subtype
Scry lands 	Ally 	Tapped 	No 	Theros block 	Theros Beyond Death, Foundations 	Temples. Scry 1 upon entering the battlefield
Scry lands 	Enemy 	Tapped 	No 	Theros block 	Core Set 2020, Core Set 2021, Foundations 	Temples. Scry 1 upon entering the battlefield
Scry lands 	Enemy 	Tapped 	No 	Strixhaven: School of Mages	 	Campuses. Dual lands that also have ", : Scry 1."
Battle lands 	Ally 	Tapped/Untapped (board state dependent)	Yes 	Battle for Zendikar 	Zendikar Expeditions 	Enters untapped when controlling two or more basic lands
Check lands 	Ally 	Tapped/Untapped (board state dependent)	No 	Magic 2010 	Magic 2011, Magic 2012, Magic 2013, Ixalan 	Checks for basic land types on board to be untapped
Check lands 	Enemy 	Tapped/Untapped (board state dependent)	No 	Innistrad 	Dominaria, Dominaria Remastered 	Checks for basic land types on board to be untapped
Dual-colored manlands 	Ally 	Tapped 	No 	Worldwake 	Ultimate Masters, Zendikar Rising Expeditions (Incomplete) 	Can become creatures until end of turn
Dual-colored manlands 	Enemy 	Tapped 	No 	Battle for Zendikar block 	 	Can become creatures until end of turn
Dual-colored manlands 	Enemy 	Tapped 	No 	Wilds of Eldraine 	 	“Restless” Lands. Can become creatures until end of turn. Have attack triggers not tied to the land’s activated ability.
Dual-colored manlands 	Ally 	Tapped 	No 	The Lost Caverns of Ixalan 	 	“Restless” Lands. Can become creatures until end of turn. Have attack triggers not tied to the land’s activated ability.
Fast lands 	Ally 	Tapped/Untapped (board state dependent)	No 	Scars of Mirrodin 	Zendikar Rising Expeditions, Phyrexia: All Will Be One 	Enters untapped as long as you control two or fewer other lands
Fast lands 	Enemy 	Tapped/Untapped (board state dependent)	No 	Kaladesh 	Outlaws of Thunder Junction 	Enters untapped as long as you control two or fewer other lands
Reveal lands 	Ally 	Tapped/Untapped (hand-reveal) 	No 	Shadows over Innistrad 	Shadows over Innistrad Remastered 	Untapped if an appropriate basic land type is revealed from hand
Reveal lands 	Enemy 	Tapped/Untapped (hand-reveal) 	No 	Strixhaven: School of Mages	 	Untapped if an appropriate basic land type is revealed from hand
Bicycle lands 	Ally 	Tapped 	Yes 	Amonkhet 	 	Cycling
Bond lands 	Ally 	Tapped/Untapped (multiplayer) 	No 	Battlebond 	Zendikar Rising Expeditions, Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate 	Enters the battlefield tapped unless the controller has two or more opponents
Bond lands 	Enemy 	Tapped/Untapped (multiplayer) 	No 	Commander Legends 	Commander Masters 	Enters the battlefield tapped unless the controller has two or more opponents
Aggro lands 	Enemy (incomplete) 	Untapped 	No 	Mystery Booster 	 	Taps before the combat phase (test card)
Pathway lands 	Ally & enemy (mixed)	Untapped 	No 	Zendikar Rising 	 	Modal double-faced cards, the player gets to choose which face to be on
Pathway lands 	Ally & enemy (mixed)	Untapped 	No 	Kaldheim 	 	Modal double-faced cards, the player gets to choose which face to be on
Snow duals 	Ally & enemy 	Tapped 	Yes 	Kaldheim 	 	Fetchable Dual lands with Snow-Covered properties
Gainlands 	Ally 	Tapped 	No 	Zendikar 	 	Refuges. You gain 1 life.
Gainlands 	Ally & enemy 	Tapped 	No 	Khans of Tarkir 	Eternal Masters, Core Set 2020, Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths, Core Set 2021, Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty, March of the Machine, Foundations	Generic names. You gain 1 life.
Bridge lands 	Ally & enemy 	Tapped 	No 	Modern Horizons 2 	 	Artifact land, Indestructible
Slow lands 	Ally 	Tapped/Untapped (board state dependent)	No 	Innistrad: Midnight Hunt 	Innistrad: Double Feature 	Enters untapped as long as you control two or more other lands
Slow lands 	Enemy 	Tapped/Untapped (board state dependent)	No 	Innistrad: Crimson Vow 	Innistrad: Double Feature 	Enters untapped as long as you control two or more other lands
Sac-Draw Lands 	Ally 	Tapped 	No 	Streets of New Capenna 	 	Have “MN, , Sacrifice this land: Draw a card”
Typed taplands 	Ally & enemy 	Tapped 	Yes 	Dominaria United 	 	Fetchable Dual lands
Surveil Duals 	Ally & enemy 	Tapped 	Yes 	Murders at Karlov Manor 	 	Surveil 1 when they enter the battlefield.
Investigate Duals 	Ally & enemy 	Tapped 	No 	Ravnica: Clue Edition 	 	Have “, : Investigate”
Dual Deserts 	Ally & enemy 	Tapped 	No 	Outlaws of Thunder Junction	 	Deal 1 damage to target opponent when they enter the battlefield
Modal Double-Faced Spells	Ally & enemy 	Tapped 	No 	Modern Horizons 3 	 	Modal Double-faced card with a spell that costs hybrid mana on the front and a tapland of the two colors on the back
Unlucky lands 	Ally & enemy 	Tapped 	No 	Duskmourn: House of Horror 	 	Enters tapped unless a player has 13 or less life.
Verge lands 	Ally (Clockwise) 	Untapped 	No 	Duskmourn: House of Horror 	 	Always adds mana of a single color, can also add the clockwise allied color if the player controls either basic land type
There are also a few notable "triple lands" cycles that produce three colors of mana; two cycles of shard-colored triple lands were printed in Shards of Alara and Streets of New Capenna, and two cycles of wedge-colored triple lands have been printed: one in Khans of Tarkir, the other in Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths.
==Trivia==
*<c>Volcanic Island</c> was not printed in Alpha through internal error. This oversight was corrected in Beta.
*<c>Plateau</c> has an alternate art in the Revised version due to lost and corrupted art.
*All original dual lands received new art for Magic Online.
==Gallery==
File:Plateau (Limited Edition).jpg|Plateau (Alpha Edition)
File:Plateau (Revised Edition).jpg|Plateau (Revised Edition)
==References==