Landfall

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Landfall is an ability word (italicized text with no rules meaning by itself) that signals "whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, ..."

How it works

• Each "landfall -- [effect]" triggered ability does what its text says, just with shared flavor branding.
• Triggers when any land you control enters -- basics, fetch lands cracking into duals, manual land drops, Cultivate-style ramp, Roiling Regrowth -- all count.
• Doesn't trigger when a land enters under an opponent's control or leaves and re-enters via blink.

Common interactions

• Lotus Cobra, Tatyova, Benthic Druid, Lord Windgrace, Omnath, Locus of Creation, Avenger of Zendikar -- each landfall trigger gets stronger with more lands per turn.
• Fetch lands trigger landfall twice per use (sacrifice the fetch -> a basic enters).
• Crucible of Worlds + fetches infinite-loops landfall in some configurations.
• Risen Reef-style ETB engines are not landfall but in the same design space.

Rule reference

Ability words have no rules meaning by themselves; the actual trigger lives in the card's text. See [207.2c] for ability words generally.