Dismal Backwater
Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths 246 • common
- Set
- Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths
- Collector number
- 246
- Rarity
- Common
- Type
- Land
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Eytan Zana
- Market price
- $0.29
What it does
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, you gain 1 life.
tap: Add blue mana or black mana.
Where you can play it
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Dismal Backwater was released in 2020 as part of the Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths expansion for Magic: The Gathering. As a common-rarity dual land that enters the battlefield tapped and allows a player to gain one life, it is designed to provide budget-friendly mana fixing for multicolored decks in Limited formats. The artwork, illustrated by Adam Paquette, depicts the swampy, monster-infested landscapes characteristic of the set's plane.
The card belongs to a cycle of enemy-colored lands that have been reprinted across multiple sets to ensure accessibility for players. While these lands are rarely used in high-power competitive formats like Modern or Legacy due to the speed at which they enter play, they are foundational staples for casual Commander play and Draft environments, where consistency and life gain are valued over immediate tempo.
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