Dreadwaters
Magic Origins 56 • common
- Set
- Magic Origins
- Collector number
- 56
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Cliff Childs
- Market price
- $0.06
What it does
Target player mills X cards, where X is the number of lands you control.
Stray into the Morkrut and it may rise to claim you.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Dreadwaters was released in 2015 as part of the Magic Origins set, which served as a narrative bridge exploring the backstories of five iconic Planeswalkers. The card was designed to function within the blue color identity, focusing on the mechanic of milling—forcing an opponent to put cards from their library into their graveyard—a strategy deeply rooted in blue's psychological and intellectual approach to magical combat.
The card features illustration by Ryan Yee, who utilized a moody, atmospheric palette to evoke the imagery of a cursed or enchanted body of water. As a common card within the set, it was primarily intended to provide players with a functional tool for limited formats, such as Draft or Sealed, where self-contained strategies could be built quickly around simple, repeatable resource-depletion effects.
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