Game Trail
Oracle Text
As Game Trail enters the battlefield, you may reveal a Mountain or Forest card from your hand. If you don't, Game Trail enters the battlefield tapped.
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Card Rulings
4/8/2016 You may reveal any land card with either or both of the appropriate subtypes. It doesn’t have to be a basic land. For example, you could reveal Canopy Vista from the Battle for Zendikar set to satisfy the ability of Game Trail.
4/8/2016 Lands don’t have a subtype just because they can produce mana of the corresponding color. Game Trail itself is neither a Mountain nor a Forest, even though it produces red and green mana, so you can’t reveal one to satisfy the ability of another.
4/8/2016 If a Mountain or Forest is entering the battlefield from your hand at the same time as Game Trail, you may reveal the other land to have Game Trail enter untapped.
4/8/2016 If an effect instructs you to put Game Trail onto the battlefield tapped, it will still enter the battlefield tapped even if you reveal a land card from your hand.
Depends on your deck. If you're playing aggro, chances are you want turn-1 mana fix and on this case the Shadow lands are better. On the other hand, Shadow lands suck very bad for mid-range decks because you'll want at least 3-4 lands in play so top-decking one of these is really bad and even if you could play it, revealing the opponent you just have a basic land on your hand is bad.