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Prairie Stream

Card Name

Prairie Stream

Type

Land – Plains Island

Rarity

Rare

rules Text

(: Add or .)This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Flavor Text

"Strictly speaking, it's the fifteenth New York since the original, so that makes it New New New New New New New New New New New New New New New New York." —The Tenth Doctor

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Explorer, Historic, Pauper, Standard

Rulings

(8/25/2015)
Even though these lands have basic land types, they are not basic lands because "basic" doesn't appear on their type line. Notably, controlling two or more of them won't allow others to enter the battlefield untapped.
(8/25/2015)
However, because these cards have basic land types, effects that specify a basic land type without also specifying that the land be basic can affect them. For example, a spell or ability that reads "Destroy target Forest" can target Canopy Vista, while one that reads "Destroy target basic Forest" cannot.
(8/25/2015)
If one of these lands enters the battlefield at the same time as any number of basic lands, those other lands are not counted when determining if this land enters the battlefield tapped or untapped.