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From the Ixalan set, we received double faced cards with lands on the back. I believe they count as all types on both sides while not on the field. Therefore:

When Golos, Tireless Pilgrim activates his ETB and I pick Gold-Forge Garrison as my land, which side does it enter as?

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You can't pick a double-faced card that is a land only on the back

Double-faced cards only count as their front face while not on the battlefield. From the rules on double-faced cards:

711.4a While a double-faced card is outside the game, in a zone other than the battlefield, or on the battlefield with its front face up, it has only the characteristics of its front face.

You cannot choose Gold-Forge Garrison as your land, as its front face is not a land.

I think you're getting DFC rules mixed up with split cards, which do have the attributes of both halves while they're not being cast:

708.4 In every zone except the stack, the characteristics of a split card are those of its two halves combined. This is a change from previous rules.

A double-faced card you chose would enter front face up

A double-faced card always enters with its front face up unless it enters “transformed”. If you choose a double-faced card that is a land on its front face, like Westvale Abbey, Golos would not put it onto the battlefield transformed, so you would get the front face.

711.8 A double-faced card enters the battlefield with its front face up by default. If a spell or ability puts it onto the battlefield “transformed,” it enters the battlefield with its back face up.

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  • Ah quite right, I was thinking of the Split/Fuse cards. That's a shame, I was really excited about having Golos pull all the Ixalan lands right onto the field :( Commented Feb 20, 2020 at 18:16
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The Ixalan double faced cards are not treated as lands unless they are on the battlefield and transformed.

711.4a While a double-faced card is outside the game, in a zone other than the battlefield, or on the battlefield with its front face up, it has only the characteristics of its front face.

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