Dismal Backwater

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Dismal Backwater: Land, Tarkir: Dragonstorm. This land enters tapped. When this land enters, you gain 1 life. Tap: Add U or B. On Mana Grove.

Mana value
0
Type
Land
Colour identity
Blue and black (UB)
Rarity
Common
Set
Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM)
Released
2025-04-11
Collector number
254
Artist
Alayna Danner
Commander rank
984 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Dismal Backwater

Dismal Backwater is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common colourless land from Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM), an expansion set released in April 2025. It is collector number 254 in that set, with art by Alayna Danner. As a land, it has no mana cost. Its colour identity is blue and black. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 19 sets, from Khans of Tarkir (2014) to Tarkir: Dragonstorm (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.18 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

This land enters tapped.

When this land enters, you gain 1 life.

{T}: Add {U} or {B}.

"I ask only that the winds return you to me as swiftly as they bear you and the Storm Crane away." -Samthar, Sultai merchant, to Jialing, Jeskai monk

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.18 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Dismal Backwater by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
AlchemyLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Dismal Backwater

Dismal Backwater has been printed in 19 sets. The 12 most recent other printings are listed here, newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Aetherdrift (DFT) #254Common2025
Foundations (FDN) #261Common2024
March of the Machine (MOM) #269Common2023
Starter Commander Decks (SCD) #298Common2022
Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) #276Common2022
Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) #276★Common2022
Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty (NEO) #267Common2022
Zendikar Rising Commander (ZNC) #128Common2020
Core Set 2021 (M21) #245Common2020
Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO) #246Common2020
The List (PLST) #KTK-232Common2019
Core Set 2020 (M20) #245Common2019

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