Watery Grave
Gatecrash 249 • rare
- Set
- Gatecrash
- Collector number
- 249
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Land
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Raymond Swanland
- Market price
- $10.80
What it does
(tap: Add blue mana or black mana.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
"I fear that as we scurry after phantoms, the Dimir pull nine puppet strings."— Ral Zarek
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
Watery Grave was originally printed in the Ravnica: City of Guilds set in 2005 as part of a cycle of dual lands designed to define the guild-based mechanics of the plane. This specific version, numbered 249, appeared in the 2013 Gatecrash expansion, which revisited the Dimir, Orzhov, Boros, Gruul, and Simic guilds. The card was designed to provide efficient color fixing by allowing players to pay two life to have the land enter the battlefield untapped, a hallmark of the 'shock land' cycle that has remained a staple in competitive formats like Modern and Commander.
The artwork for the Gatecrash iteration was illustrated by Jung Park. Park’s design depicts the subterranean, rain-slicked architecture of the Dimir guild, emphasizing the dark, watery aesthetic associated with the Dimir identity. The card was well received by the player base for its functional necessity in multi-color decks, and Park’s atmospheric digital painting style is often cited for successfully capturing the gloom and industrial decay of Ravnica’s undercity.
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