Barrensteppe Siege
Barrensteppe Siege: Enchantment, Tarkir: Dragonstorm. As this enchantment enters, choose Abzan or Mardu. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{W}{B}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colour identity
- White and black (WB)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM)
- Released
- 2025-04-11
- Collector number
- 171
- Artist
- Tuan Duong Chu
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About Barrensteppe Siege
Barrensteppe Siege is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white and black enchantment from Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM), an expansion set released in April 2025. It is collector number 171 in that set, with art by Tuan Duong Chu. It costs {2}{W}{B} (two generic, one white and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. Its colour identity is white and black. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.34 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
As this enchantment enters, choose Abzan or Mardu.
• Abzan - At the beginning of your end step, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
• Mardu - At the beginning of your end step, if a creature died under your control this turn, each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.34 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Barrensteppe Siege by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Alchemy | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Barrensteppe Siege
Barrensteppe Siege has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Tarkir: Dragonstorm Promos (PTDM) #171p | Rare | 2025 |
| Tarkir: Dragonstorm Promos (PTDM) #171s | Rare | 2025 |
| Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM) #384 | Rare | 2025 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Barrensteppe Siege, newest first.
- If you somehow control Barrensteppe Siege and no choice was made for it (perhaps because another permanent on the battlefield became a copy of it), it has neither of the two abilities.
- Barrensteppe Siege’s Mardu ability will check as the end step starts to see if a creature died under your control this turn. If none did, the ability won’t trigger at all.
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