Creeping Tar Pit
Creeping Tar Pit: Land, Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate. This land enters tapped. Tap: Add U or B. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana value
- 0
- Type
- Land
- Colour identity
- Blue and black (UB)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB)
- Released
- 2022-06-10
- Collector number
- 888
- Artist
- Jason Felix
- Commander rank
- 2,963 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Creeping Tar Pit
Creeping Tar Pit is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue and black land from Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB), a draft-focused set released in June 2022. It is collector number 888 in that set, with art by Jason Felix. As a land, it has no mana cost. Its colour identity is blue and black. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 8 sets, from Worldwake (2010) to Edge of Eternities: Stellar Sights (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.41 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add {U} or {B}.
{1}{U}{B}: Until end of turn, this land becomes a 3/2 blue and black Elemental creature. It's still a land. It can't be blocked this turn.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.41 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Creeping Tar Pit by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Creeping Tar Pit
Creeping Tar Pit has been printed in 8 sets. The 12 most recent other printings are listed here, newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Edge of Eternities: Stellar Sights (EOS) #144 | Rare | 2025 |
| Edge of Eternities: Stellar Sights (EOS) #54 | Rare | 2025 |
| Edge of Eternities: Stellar Sights (EOS) #9 | Rare | 2025 |
| Edge of Eternities: Stellar Sights (EOS) #99 | Rare | 2025 |
| Doctor Who (WHO) #1077 | Rare | 2023 |
| Doctor Who (WHO) #267 | Rare | 2023 |
| Doctor Who (WHO) #486 | Rare | 2023 |
| Doctor Who (WHO) #858 | Rare | 2023 |
| New Capenna Commander (NCC) #396 | Rare | 2022 |
| Zendikar Rising Expeditions (ZNE) #24 | Mythic | 2020 |
| Ultimate Box Topper (PUMA) #U34 | Mythic | 2018 |
| Ultimate Masters (UMA) #239 | Rare | 2018 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Creeping Tar Pit, newest first.
- When a land becomes a creature, that doesn't count as having a creature enter. The permanent was already on the battlefield; it only changed its types. Abilities that trigger whenever a creature enters won't trigger.
- A land that becomes a creature may be affected by "summoning sickness." You can't attack with it or use any of its {T} abilities (including its mana abilities) unless it began your most recent turn on the battlefield under your control. Note that summoning sickness cares about when that permanent came under your control, not when it became a creature.
Similar cards
Other land cards with a blue and black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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Creeping Tar Pit is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.
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