<p>When the fortified land stops being a land, the fortification unattaches.<br />
From Magic Comprehensive Rules (emphases mine):</p>
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<p><strong>301.5c</strong> An Equipment that’s also a creature can’t equip a creature. An Equipment that loses the subtype “Equipment” can’t equip a creature. An Equipment can’t equip itself. <strong>An Equipment that equips an illegal or nonexistent permanent becomes unattached from that permanent</strong> but remains on the battlefield. (This is a state-based action. See rule 704.) An Equipment can’t equip more than one creature. If a spell or ability would cause an Equipment to equip more than one creature, the Equipment’s controller chooses which creature it equips.</p>
<p><strong>301.6.</strong> Some artifacts have the subtype “Fortification.” A Fortification can be attached to a land. It can’t legally be attached to an object that isn’t a land. Fortification’s analog to the equip keyword ability is the fortify keyword ability. <strong>Rules 301.5a–e apply to Fortifications in relation to lands just as they apply to Equipment in relation to creatures</strong>, with one clarification relating to rule 301.5c: a Fortification that’s also a creature (not a land) can’t fortify a land. (See rule 702.66, “Fortify.”)</p>
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<p><a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Darksteel%20Garrison">Darksteel Garrison</a> is like an equipment but for land - it can fortify a land, giving it an extra ability. The <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Westvale%20Abbey">Westvale Abbey</a> is a land but once it transforms, it's no longer a land.</p>
<p>What happens when a land such as <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Westvale%20Abbey">Westvale Abbey</a> equipped with a <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Darksteel%20Garrison">Darksteel Garrison</a> transforms?</p>

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What happens when a fortified land stops being a land?
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# What happens when a fortified land stops being a land?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-05-31)

[Darksteel Garrison](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Darksteel%20Garrison) is like an equipment but for land - it can fortify a land, giving it an extra ability. The [Westvale Abbey](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Westvale%20Abbey) is a land but once it transforms, it's no longer a land.

What happens when a land such as [Westvale Abbey](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Westvale%20Abbey) equipped with a [Darksteel Garrison](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Darksteel%20Garrison) transforms?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2016-05-31. Score: 12 | Accepted answer

When the fortified land stops being a land, the fortification unattaches.  
From Magic Comprehensive Rules (emphases mine):

> **301.5c** An Equipment that’s also a creature can’t equip a creature. An Equipment that loses the subtype “Equipment” can’t equip a creature. An Equipment can’t equip itself. **An Equipment that equips an illegal or nonexistent permanent becomes unattached from that permanent** but remains on the battlefield. (This is a state-based action. See rule 704.) An Equipment can’t equip more than one creature. If a spell or ability would cause an Equipment to equip more than one creature, the Equipment’s controller chooses which creature it equips.
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> **301.6.** Some artifacts have the subtype “Fortification.” A Fortification can be attached to a land. It can’t legally be attached to an object that isn’t a land. Fortification’s analog to the equip keyword ability is the fortify keyword ability. **Rules 301.5a–e apply to Fortifications in relation to lands just as they apply to Equipment in relation to creatures**, with one clarification relating to rule 301.5c: a Fortification that’s also a creature (not a land) can’t fortify a land. (See rule 702.66, “Fortify.”)


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