Dark Depths
Coldsnap 145 • rare
- Set
- Coldsnap
- Collector number
- 145
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Land
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Stephan Martiniere
- Market price
- $8.32
What it does
Dark Depths enters with ten ice counters on it.
3 generic mana: Remove an ice counter from Dark Depths.
When Dark Depths has no ice counters on it, sacrifice it. If you do, create Marit Lage, a legendary 20/20 black Avatar creature token with flying and indestructible.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernBanned
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricBanned
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Dark Depths was introduced in the 2006 Magic: The Gathering set Coldsnap, a release uniquely designed to function as a long-lost 'third set' for the 1995 Ice Age block. The card was conceived as a top-down design meant to evoke the Lovecraftian horror of an ancient, slumbering entity trapped beneath a frozen wasteland. Its mechanical identity centers on the accumulation of ice counters, reflecting the slow, deliberate process of thawing a primordial nightmare.
The atmospheric illustration by Stephan Martiniere captures this sense of scale and dread, depicting the massive, submerged silhouette beneath the ice. Upon its release, the card was initially viewed as a novelty due to the difficulty of removing all ten counters. However, its potential was eventually unlocked through synergistic interactions with cards like Vampire Hexmage, transforming it into a powerhouse in Eternal formats and cementing its status as one of the most iconic land cards in the game's history.
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