No, when a card refers to ([Sub]type) with no further qualities it means "Permanent on the battlefield with the ([Sub]type)" So only forest on the battlefield and saprolings on the battlefield are affected by Life and Limb. Look at Conspiracy for a card that affects things outside of the battlefield. It says Creatures you control to cover simply permanents on the battlefield then it says Creature SPELLS and creature CARDS these are the way you modify simply saying creature or elf
Rampant Growth requires you to find a "basic land" card. The card must have both the land type AND the basic supertype.
To my knowledge, there is no card printed with an effect that adds the basic supertype.
Rampant Growth requires you to find a "basic land" card. The card must have both the land type AND the basic supertype.
To my knowledge, there is no card printed with an effect that adds the basic supertype.
Indeed, Saprolings are turned into Forest, not Basic Forest.
I also concur that there is no card that adds the Supertype Basic.
(not even Reef Shaman, which only changes the Type into one of the 5 basic ones) (I know, this is confusing)
Cards like Clone, however, will acquire the Basic Supertype when copying an animated basic land.
205. Type Line
205.1. The type line is printed directly below the illustration. It contains the card’s card type(s). It also contains the card’s subtype(s) and supertype(s), if applicable.
205.2. Card Types
205.2a The card types are artifact, conspiracy, creature, enchantment, instant, land, phenomenon, plane, planeswalker, scheme, sorcery, tribal, and vanguard. See section 3, “Card Types.”
205.3. Subtypes
205.3i Lands have their own unique set of subtypes; (...) Forest, Island, Mountain, Plains, and Swamp are the basic land types. See rule 305.6.
205.4. Supertypes
205.4a A card can also have one or more supertypes. These are printed directly before its card types. The supertypes are basic, legendary, ongoing, snow, and world.
205.4b An object’s supertype is independent of its card type and subtype, (...) Changing an object’s card types or subtypes won’t change its supertypes. Changing an object’s supertypes won’t change its card types or subtypes (...)
Life and limb states that they are. Not simply ones I control. It doesn't even reference the battlefield, graveyard, exile, etc. It's a static ability. As changelings are every type in every zone (i.e. the graveyard) I thought that they'd be considered as such in the library, unless that isn't a zone. I'll have to look into that.
Life and Limb doesn't have to. Because of this rule, it only applies to permanents of that type on the battlefield:
109.2. If a spell or ability uses a description of an object that includes a card type or subtype, but doesn’t include the word “card,” “spell,” “source,” or “scheme,” it means a permanent of that card type or subtype on the battlefield.
Life and Limb just says "All Forests and all Saprolings", so it only affects Forests and Saprolings on the battlefield, not Forest cards or Saproling cards in other zones like the library.
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Thank you for the clarification, didn't think about them being non basic forests (that blew my mind). I'd just choose a card like Pir's Whim but 109.2 is there to thwart people like me.
Also, you may not realize this but as long as Life and Limb is on the battlefield all creatures with Changeling and Mistform Ultimus will have base power & toughness of 1/1.
Even if it worked (which it doesn't), it would lack the utility you want.
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Assume I'll use a forest for the champion a creature.
Rampant Growth requires you to find a "basic land" card. The card must have both the land type AND the basic supertype.
To my knowledge, there is no card printed with an effect that adds the basic supertype.
I also concur that there is no card that adds the Supertype Basic.
(not even Reef Shaman, which only changes the Type into one of the 5 basic ones) (I know, this is confusing)
Cards like Clone, however, will acquire the Basic Supertype when copying an animated basic land.
205.1. The type line is printed directly below the illustration. It contains the card’s card type(s). It also contains the card’s subtype(s) and supertype(s), if applicable.
205.2. Card Types
205.2a The card types are artifact, conspiracy, creature, enchantment, instant, land, phenomenon, plane, planeswalker, scheme, sorcery, tribal, and vanguard. See section 3, “Card Types.”
205.3. Subtypes
205.3i Lands have their own unique set of subtypes; (...) Forest, Island, Mountain, Plains, and Swamp are the basic land types. See rule 305.6.
205.4. Supertypes
205.4a A card can also have one or more supertypes. These are printed directly before its card types. The supertypes are basic, legendary, ongoing, snow, and world.
205.4b An object’s supertype is independent of its card type and subtype, (...) Changing an object’s card types or subtypes won’t change its supertypes. Changing an object’s supertypes won’t change its card types or subtypes (...)
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http://magic.wizards.com/en/game-info/gameplay/rules-and-formats/rules
Life and Limb just says "All Forests and all Saprolings", so it only affects Forests and Saprolings on the battlefield, not Forest cards or Saproling cards in other zones like the library.
Scientists have calculated that the chance of anything so patently absurd actually existing are millions to one. But magicians have calculated that million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten.
Even if it worked (which it doesn't), it would lack the utility you want.