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Certain creatures would gain a bonus during Day while others would gain one during Night
You could potentially run more (and would in mono-white) but chances are with enough of the dual-typed lands, you can have enough Plains across your manabases nonbasic lands
This is a free Negate in most instances
Or both if you fancy it
