Deep Water
The Dark 23 • common
- Set
- The Dark
- Collector number
- 23
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Jeff A. Menges
- Market price
- $0.25
What it does
blue mana: Until end of turn, if you tap a land you control for mana, it produces blue mana instead of any other type.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Deep Water was released in 1994 as part of The Dark, the fifth expansion set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed by Wizards of the Coast, the set was designed to evoke a gothic, horror-inspired aesthetic, departing from the high-fantasy themes of earlier expansions. The card was created to function as a blue-aligned disruption tool, reflecting the game's mechanics of elemental manipulation and environmental control popular during the mid-90s.
The artwork for this card was provided by Quinton Hoover, a prolific early contributor to the game known for his distinct, expressive linework and mythological style. Hoover aimed to capture the foreboding atmosphere inherent to the set's theme, utilizing swirling, dark aquatic imagery to suggest the inherent danger of the deep. Upon its release, the card became a modest piece of the set's broader lore, serving as a stylistic example of how Wizards of the Coast integrated artistic storytelling into their mechanical gameplay.
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