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
- $15.76
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. As the first set in the Ravnica block, it introduced the concept of shock lands—dual lands that can enter the battlefield untapped if the player pays two life. This design was intended to balance powerful mana fixing with a meaningful mechanical cost, quickly becoming a cornerstone of competitive play across multiple formats due to its versatility and ability to be searched for by deck-thinning spells.
The card’s visual identity was established by artist Rob Alexander, a veteran illustrator known for his expansive and atmospheric landscape work. For this piece, Alexander focused on the decaying, organic aesthetic of the Golgari Swarm, the guild associated with the black-green land. His design emphasizes the intersection of life and death, portraying a tomb reclaimed by nature to reflect the guild's philosophy of recycling and decay within the cityscape of Ravnica.
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