<p>Yes. Basic land cards are cards, so you can choose their names when instructed to choose a card name.</p>

<p><a href="https://mtg.gamepedia.com/Name" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Rule 201.3</a> governs choosing card names:</p>

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  <p>If an effect instructs a player to choose a card name, the player must choose the name of a card in the Oracle card reference. (See rule 108.1.) A player may not choose the name of a token unless it’s also the name of a card.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Basic land cards are in the Oracle reference, so you can choose them.</p>

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2019-08-27T23:31:13.310Z
2019-08-27T23:31:13.310Z
murgatroid99
<p>Note that several cards, such as <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bDesperate%20Research%5d">Desperate Research</a>, say "Name a card other than a basic land." The fact that Predict doesn't is a strong indication that they are valid names. Cards in MTG generally mean <em>exactly</em> what they say, nothing more and nothing less.</p>

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2019-08-28T05:43:13.960Z
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Arthur
<p>There is this card "<a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bPredict%5d">Predict</a>" that reads </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Name a card, then put the top card of target player's library into his or her graveyard. If that card is the named card, you draw two cards. Otherwise, you draw a card.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Reading its text on Gatherer.Wizards.com, the Oracle text reads as </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Choose a card name, then target player puts the top card of their library into their graveyard. If that card has the chosen name, you draw two cards. Otherwise, you draw a card.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>My doubt is, can I name a basic land card?</p>

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Can I use predict on a basic land card?
MMalke
# Can I use predict on a basic land card?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-08-27)

There is this card "[Predict](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bPredict%5d)" that reads

> Name a card, then put the top card of target player's library into his or her graveyard. If that card is the named card, you draw two cards. Otherwise, you draw a card.

Reading its text on Gatherer.Wizards.com, the Oracle text reads as

> Choose a card name, then target player puts the top card of their library into their graveyard. If that card has the chosen name, you draw two cards. Otherwise, you draw a card.

My doubt is, can I name a basic land card?

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-08-27. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

Yes. Basic land cards are cards, so you can choose their names when instructed to choose a card name.

[Rule 201.3](https://mtg.gamepedia.com/Name) governs choosing card names:

> If an effect instructs a player to choose a card name, the player must choose the name of a card in the Oracle card reference. (See rule 108.1.) A player may not choose the name of a token unless it’s also the name of a card.

Basic land cards are in the Oracle reference, so you can choose them.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2019-08-28. Score: 1

Note that several cards, such as [Desperate Research](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bDesperate%20Research%5d), say "Name a card other than a basic land." The fact that Predict doesn't is a strong indication that they are valid names. Cards in MTG generally mean *exactly* what they say, nothing more and nothing less.


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