<p>All of the <a href="https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&amp;channel=trow&amp;q=mtg+mld" rel="noreferrer">top hits on Google</a> refer to MLD as "mass land destruction", i.e. cards like <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bArmageddon%5d">Armageddon</a>.</p>

<p>Or, to quote one of the <a href="https://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/commander-edh/527113-what-is-considered-mld" rel="noreferrer">moderators on MTGSalvation</a>:</p>

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  <p>MLD is mass land destruction, so generally speaking, any card that destroys multiple lands at once. This is usually indiscriminate, so <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bRuination%5d">Ruination</a> is considered MLD while <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bSylvan%20Primordial%5d">Sylvan Primordial</a> is not. <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bBack%20to%20Basics%5d">Back to Basics</a>, and things that prevent you from using lands are not MLD, simply resource denial. At least, that's my take. I don't think the term has made its way into Webster's yet.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>So you're right, it's not an official Magic: The Gathering term.</p>

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I followed the top five links from that very google search and not one of them defined the acronym.  I knew it had something to do with land destruction but the actual acronym wasn't becoming apparent.  Thanks for the answer.
intuited
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Hmm ... Google will serve different search results to different users, but I didn't expect so much difference.
Glorfindel
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Hmm okay, actually the first one does use the term "mass land destruction" right at the beginning but they didn't capitalize it or put the acronym near it so I must have missed it while scanning.  The other four don't use it at all.
intuited
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Glorfindel
<p>I've seen some references to the term "MLD" but have failed to find a definition in any list of MTG terminology or slang.  What does this mean?</p>

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In general when asking questions like this it can help to share the context where you saw the term, in case other people can figure it out from context.
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What does MLD stand for?
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# What does MLD stand for?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-04-25)

I've seen some references to the term "MLD" but have failed to find a definition in any list of MTG terminology or slang. What does this mean?

**Tags:** magic-the-gathering, terminology

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: In general when asking questions like this it can help to share the context where you saw the term, in case other people can figure it out from context.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2019-04-25. Score: 9 | Accepted answer

All of the [top hits on Google](https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&channel=trow&q=mtg+mld) refer to MLD as "mass land destruction", i.e. cards like [Armageddon](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bArmageddon%5d).

Or, to quote one of the [moderators on MTGSalvation](https://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/commander-edh/527113-what-is-considered-mld):

> MLD is mass land destruction, so generally speaking, any card that destroys multiple lands at once. This is usually indiscriminate, so [Ruination](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bRuination%5d) is considered MLD while [Sylvan Primordial](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bSylvan%20Primordial%5d) is not. [Back to Basics](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bBack%20to%20Basics%5d), and things that prevent you from using lands are not MLD, simply resource denial. At least, that's my take. I don't think the term has made its way into Webster's yet.

So you're right, it's not an official Magic: The Gathering term.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: I followed the top five links from that very google search and not one of them defined the acronym.  I knew it had something to do with land destruction but the actual acronym wasn't becoming apparent.  Thanks for the answer.  
> **username_2**: Hmm ... Google will serve different search results to different users, but I didn't expect so much difference.  
> **username_0**: Hmm okay, actually the first one does use the term "mass land destruction" right at the beginning but they didn't capitalize it or put the acronym near it so I must have missed it while scanning.  The other four don't use it at all.  

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