<p>If you read Navigation Orb, and probably most of those other cards, carefully, they actually specify &quot;basic land and/or Gate&quot;, i.e. you can search for any Gate (which are indeed all lands), <em>or</em> any basic Island, Mountain, Forest, etc.</p>

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2023-09-15T14:41:36.717Z
Indeed, I can only find [5 instances](https://scryfall.com/search?q=o%3A%2Flands%3F%28+cards%3F%29%3F+%28and%5C%2F%29%3For+gate%2F&unique=cards&as=grid&order=name) of any variation of "land and/or gate", and in all 5, the word "land" is preceded by "basic".
Miles Budnek
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2023-09-15T20:39:28.167Z
AHAH, gotcha! So they preclude searching for say, Command Tower or another non-basic, but Gates are fine. Nice.
ConnieMnemonic
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2023-09-16T20:56:00.590Z
@MilesBudnek I wish Gatherer supported some simple regex. It's so much easier to search for many related phrasings at once, and that should really be the default search engine for anything other than market value.
Arthur
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2023-09-17T05:58:58.577Z
@Arthur It does: <https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Help.aspx#regex>
m90
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2023-09-17T06:18:30.057Z
@m90 Why haven't I seen this before? That's awesome, thanks!
Arthur
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ConMan
<p>I've been toying with building a Maze's End Commander deck for a while now.</p>
<p>Digging around for cards for such a deck, I came across <a href="https://scryfall.com/card/clb/329/navigation-orb" rel="noreferrer">Navigation Orb</a> and some other similar cards.</p>
<p>Why does these cards specify &quot;and/or Gate&quot; so often, when there are no Gate cards that aren't also Lands?</p>

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Why do some MTG cards specify "land and/or Gate"?
ConnieMnemonic
# Why do some MTG cards specify "land and/or Gate"?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-09-15)

I've been toying with building a Maze's End Commander deck for a while now.

Digging around for cards for such a deck, I came across [Navigation Orb](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/329/navigation-orb) and some other similar cards.

Why does these cards specify "and/or Gate" so often, when there are no Gate cards that aren't also Lands?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2023-09-15. Score: 16 | Accepted answer

If you read Navigation Orb, and probably most of those other cards, carefully, they actually specify "basic land and/or Gate", i.e. you can search for any Gate (which are indeed all lands), *or* any basic Island, Mountain, Forest, etc.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: Indeed, I can only find [5 instances](https://scryfall.com/search?q=o%3A%2Flands%3F%28+cards%3F%29%3F+%28and%5C%2F%29%3For+gate%2F&unique=cards&as=grid&order=name) of any variation of "land and/or gate", and in all 5, the word "land" is preceded by "basic".  
> **username_0**: AHAH, gotcha! So they preclude searching for say, Command Tower or another non-basic, but Gates are fine. Nice.  
> **username_3**: @MilesBudnek I wish Gatherer supported some simple regex. It's so much easier to search for many related phrasings at once, and that should really be the default search engine for anything other than market value.  
> **username_4**: @username_3 It does: <https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Help.aspx#regex>  
> **username_3**: @username_4 Why haven't I seen this before? That's awesome, thanks!  

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