Dark Heart of the Wood
Ravnica: City of Guilds 200 • uncommon
- Set
- Ravnica: City of Guilds
- Collector number
- 200
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- black mana green mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Black · Green
- Artist
- Mark Tedin
- Market price
- $0.13
What it does
Sacrifice a Forest: You gain 3 life.
"The soil here is rich with the rotting dead, and the sun's fingers barely penetrate the dark canopy. Plant our brethren here. This shall be our sanctuary."— Savra
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Dark Heart of the Wood was released in 2005 as part of the Ravnica: City of Guilds set, the inaugural entry in the Ravnica block for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Set within the sprawling, ecumenopolis plane of Ravnica, the card reflects the Golgari Swarm’s philosophy of decay and regeneration, mechanically incentivizing players to sacrifice lands to gain life, a core tenet of the guild's cycle of life and death.
The artwork was provided by veteran illustrator Mark Tedin, whose long-standing association with the game has defined its surreal and atmospheric aesthetic. Tedin's depiction captures the grim, subterranean vitality of the Golgari, utilizing a dark, organic color palette that emphasizes the encroaching flora of the guild's rot-farms. Upon its debut, the card was viewed as a niche utility piece for casual graveyard-focused strategies and has remained a thematic staple for players interested in the lore-heavy mechanics of the Ravnica plane.
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