Price$0.18 – $1.32
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Land
LegalRank #342
As this land enters, you may reveal a Forest or Plains card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped.
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Why is this card good?
Fortified Village is premium fixing for any GW (Selesnya) deck, sitting at #342 on EDHREC for good reason. The "reveal a Forest or Plains" clause means it usually enters untapped in two-color decks, especially if you run a healthy basic land count or dual-typed lands like Temple Garden or Canopy Vista. That conditional untapped tempo is what separates it from a plain tapland.
It's a near-auto-include in dedicated Selesnya decks — tokens (Trostani), counters/+1+1 (Ghave, Hamza), enchantress, or any midrange GW build where consistent on-curve mana matters.
When to skip it:
- Three+ color decks where your basics are too few to reliably reveal a Forest/Plains — it'll often enter tapped, making a Temple or triome better.
- Hyper-fast combo or cEDH lists that want untapped, fetchable, or shockland-style duals instead.
In a focused two-color manabase, though, it's one of the best budget-friendly nonland-cost duals you can run.
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Sunpetal Grove
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Canopy Vista
GW battle land with Forest/Plains types, untapped condition.
Brushland
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Scattered Groves
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GW land providing both colors with card draw.
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