Island

Island is one of the five basic land types and provides blue mana, which is required to cast blue spells.
Additionally, there is a snow variant, the <c>Snow-Covered Island</c>.
==Description==
Islands are traditionally defined as relatively small land masses that are surrounded by water. Due to the fantasy nature of the game, there is significant artistic freedom in terms of interpretation for some planes, something that the community has riffed on. 
For urbanized areas like Avishkar, Ravnica, and New Capenna, "island" turns into decorative waterways or industrial canals. On Mirrodin, the mercury of the Quicksilver Sea is the water equivalent. In Lorwyn-Shadowmoor, there are no large bodies of water, so rivers, streams, and creeks are used instead. Planes with gravity-defying terrain like Kamigawa and Zendikar use waterfalls with presumably magical origins.
==Rules==
==Storyline==
===Islands of Alara===
====Grixis====
*Droning Isles, home to the massive hives of the banewasps.
===Islands of Azoria===
Azoria's ocean featured desert islands until Freyalise destroyed them.
===Islands of Cridhe===
Cridhe itself seems to be mostly an island. There are other smaller isles though.
* The Southern Isle
===Islands of Dominaria===
====Caliman====
*Talas
====Corondor====
*Casindral Isle
*Corundis
*Lighthouse Island
====The Domains====
*Avenant
*The Burning Isles
**Bogardan
**Urborg
**Steel Island
*Equitar
*Esturin
*Foriys
*Icehaven
*Kieve
*Kish
*Mirtiin
*Oneah
*Orvada
**Denawa
**Walassa
*Ru-nora
*Sardnia
*Spice Isles
**Tolaria West
*Stahaan
*Varnalca
*Vesuva
*Yulin
====Great Ocean====
*Verdenth
*Tyree
====Jamuraa====
*Madara
**Edemi Islands
***Argenti
***Kusho
*Cocobar Islands
**Koltos
*Thunder Islands
====Northland====
*Greater Videnth
*Little Videnth
*Umber
====Terisian Isles====
*Almaaz
*Argoth
*Gulmany
*Isles of Argive
*Jehesic
*Jharth
*Lat-Nam
*Korlis
*New Argive
*Shattered Isles
*Yavimaya
====Shiv====
*Although continent-sized, Shiv is always called an island.
====Tolaria====
*Tolaria was known for the academy built on it.
===Islands of Kamigawa===
*Otawara, may be considered an island in the sky, rather than in the sea.
*Most islands are those floating near the Kamitaki waterfall. Minamo was built on one of them.
===Islands of Lorwyn===
Lorwyn does not have any seas. Instead of islands, the Merrow Lanes supply blue mana.
===Islands of Mercadia===
*Saprazzo
===Islands of Mirrodin===
====Quicksilver Sea====
*The Vedalken Spires with Lumengrid
*As New Phyrexia islands exist within the Surgical Bay layer, where the Quicksilver Sea was transplanted.
===Islands of Rabiah===
*Serendib
*The <c>Island of Wak-Wak</c>. Home to a tribe of winged folk. Named for a peculiar fruit that grows there. The fruit looks like a woman's head, and when ripe speaks the word “Wak.”
===Islands of Ravnica===
None. Ravnica's water supply system provides blue mana.
===Islands of Shandalar===
*Evos Isle
*Mistral Isle
===Islands of Ulgrotha===
*Floating Isle
===Metal Island===
A pocket plane could be reached using the Riddle Gate on Esper.
===Islands of Zhalfir===
*Chaza Isles, including Teferi's Isle
===Unknown plane===
*Sevick Isles Flavor text for <c>Nimbus of the Isles</c>
==Trivia==
*The highest rarity an island has ever been printed in was rare in Alpha, as part of WotC's plot to keep players from guessing rarities.
==References==
Category:Locations