Smoldering Marsh
Battle for Zendikar 247 • rare
- Set
- Battle for Zendikar
- Collector number
- 247
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Land
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Adam Paquette
- Market price
- $0.44
What it does
(tap: Add black mana or red mana.)
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.
The continent of Guul Draz is a geothermal swampland reeking of heat and decay.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Smoldering Marsh was introduced in the 2015 Magic: The Gathering expansion Battle for Zendikar. It belongs to a cycle of lands known as tango lands, which provide players with two specific colors of mana while rewarding deck builders who include basic land types in their strategy. This cycle was designed to offer players a reliable mana base that interacted meaningfully with the set's emphasis on lands and land-related mechanics.
The card features artwork by Cliff Childs, who aimed to capture the dangerous, volatile beauty of the Zendikar plane. The illustration emphasizes the scorched, marshy aesthetic that defines the card’s identity as both a Swamp and a Mountain. Upon release, the card was widely received as a functional, mid-tier utility piece for competitive formats, particularly those allowing the synergistic play of multiple basic land types alongside fetch lands.
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