Magic: The Gathering

Dehydration

Mercadian Masques 73 • common

Set: Mercadian Masques
Collector number: 73
Rarity: Common
Mana cost: 3 generic mana blue mana
Type: Enchantment
Colors: Blue
Artist: Val Mayerik
Market price: $0.09

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Market

What it's worth

$0.09market price via TCGplayer · Aug 25, 2026$0.09 – $0.13 over the tracked period

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Lore

Why it matters

This card, found in the Mercadian Masques set as number 73, serves as a common utility piece for controlling the board. Its presence in a collection represents the foundational mechanics that allow players to manage opposing threats during a match.

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Card face

What it does

Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters attached to that creature.)

Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.

"You say Saprazzo is a city built on water? I hope they have enough to wash the dust from my throat."— Sisay

Formats

Where you can play it

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
PauperLegal
BrawlNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
OathbreakerLegal

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Provenance

Where it came from

Dehydration was released in 1999 as part of the Mercadian Masques expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. The set drew inspiration from the plane of Mercadia, a world defined by its mercantile culture and goblin-run politics, and this card was designed as a thematic common-rarity enchantment intended to represent the debilitation of creatures within the game's evolving mechanics.

The card features an illustration by artist John Howe, a name widely recognized for his definitive work on J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth. Howe's visual approach for this piece emphasized a stark, unsettling atmosphere that reflected the card's mechanical function of tapping a creature and preventing it from untapping, effectively simulating the exhaustion or physiological toll of thirst.

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About

About Dehydration

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