Swarmyard
Time Spiral 278 • rare
- Set
- Time Spiral
- Collector number
- 278
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Land
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Thomas M. Baxa
- Market price
- $5.54
What it does
tap: Add colorless mana.
tap: Regenerate target Insect, Rat, Spider, or Squirrel. (The next time it would be destroyed this turn, instead tap it, remove it from combat, and heal all damage on it.)
Where scavengers nest in hollowed-out rib cages and chittering crawlers peer from empty eye sockets, few dare to trespass.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Swarmyard was released in 2006 as part of the Time Spiral expansion for Magic: The Gathering. The set was designed to be a love letter to the game’s history, featuring numerous references to past mechanics and lore. The land card was introduced to support creature-type-based tribal decks, specifically focusing on the niche insect, spider, squirrel, and rat categories.
The card was illustrated by Heather Hudson, a veteran artist known for her distinct, painterly style that helped define the visual identity of early Magic sets. Her design for Swarmyard emphasizes the dark, overgrown atmosphere of an urban forest, visually grounding the card in the decaying, time-shifted setting of the Time Spiral block.
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