Grim Backwoods
Commander 2015 288 • rare
- Set
- Commander 2015
- Collector number
- 288
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Land
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Vincent Proce
- Market price
- $0.23
What it does
tap: Add colorless mana.
2 generic mana black mana green mana, tap, Sacrifice a creature: Draw a card.
"I love what they've done with the place."— Liliana Vess
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Grim Backwoods was originally released as part of the Commander 2015 set, a collection of five preconstructed decks designed specifically for the multiplayer Magic: The Gathering format. The card serves as a utility land, offering players a way to sacrifice creatures to draw cards, which aligns with the graveyard-centric mechanics prevalent in the set's black-green 'Plunder the Graves' deck. Its inclusion was intended to provide strategic longevity for decks focused on recurring creatures from the graveyard.
The atmospheric illustration by Vincent Proce depicts a decaying, ominous forest that perfectly encapsulates the gothic, unsettling aesthetic often associated with black-mana cards in the game. Proce utilized a muted palette and twisted, gnarled organic shapes to evoke a sense of rot and ancient magic. Upon its release, the card was received as a functional, flavor-rich inclusion for Commander decks, praised for its synergy with death-triggered abilities rather than as a centerpiece for competitive tournament play.
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