Does a Snow-Covered Swamp count as a Swamp?

Asked by mtghypatia 9 years ago

Do we have to take card text in a literal way? In that case, Snow-Covered Swamp count or not as swamps?

Also, If I have a Snow-Covered Plains does Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth turn it into a Snow-Covered Swamp ?

GoldGhost012 says... #1

Yes. Snow-Covered Swamp is a basic Swamp. the only difference from a normal Swamp is that it's snow-covered. Anything that lists Swamp in its subtype is a Swamp.

Actually, it turns it into basically a Snow-Covered Scrubland . Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth makes it a Swamp in addition to being a Plain.

July 7, 2014 3:10 p.m.

mtghypatia says... #2

So its no good for using Withering Wisps ?

July 7, 2014 3:13 p.m.

Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #3

Effects on spells and abilities rarely care about a card's name, and if they do they'll specifically say so (Bile Blight , etc.). Snow-Covered Swamp counts as a Swamp because it has they type "Swamp" on its type-line. Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth gives lands the type "Swamp", and doesn't affect names. In your example, you'll have a land named Snow-Covered Plains with the type "Basic Snow Land - Plains Swamp".

July 7, 2014 3:14 p.m.

Rhadamanthus says... #4

To your second question about Withering Wisps : it will count any Snow land with the Swamp type. It doesn't care about names.

July 7, 2014 3:15 p.m.

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