Overgrown Tomb
Ravnica: City of Guilds 279 • rare
- Set
- Ravnica: City of Guilds
- Collector number
- 279
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Land
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Rob Alexander
- Market price
- $13.17
What it does
(tap: Add black mana or green mana.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Where you can play it
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Overgrown Tomb was released in 2005 as part of the Ravnica: City of Guilds expansion for Magic: The Gathering. It serves as a central element of the game's mana-fixing system, specifically representing the Golgari Swarm, one of the ten two-color guilds that define the Ravnica plane. The card was designed to provide players with a versatile land choice, balancing its ability to produce two different colors of mana against a penalty of life loss, which reflects the gritty, decay-focused theme of the Golgari guild.
The artwork for this original iteration was created by illustrator Jeremy Jarvis. His design emphasizes the damp, subterranean nature of the Golgari territory, utilizing deep earthy tones and organic textures to evoke the sense of a thriving graveyard city. Upon its release, the card was well-received by the competitive community for its efficiency, quickly becoming a staple in various deck formats that require consistent color access, and it has since remained a cornerstone of the 'shock land' cycle in the game's long-term history.
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