Dowsing Dagger // Lost Vale
Dowsing Dagger // Lost Vale: Artifact - Equipment, Ixalan. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Artifact - Equipment
- Colour identity
- Colourless
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Ixalan (XLN)
- Released
- 2017-09-29
- Collector number
- 235
- Artist
- Florian de Gesincourt
- Keywords
- Transform, Equip
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About Dowsing Dagger // Lost Vale
Dowsing Dagger // Lost Vale is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare colourless artifact from Ixalan (XLN), an expansion set released in September 2017. It is collector number 235 in that set, with art by Florian de Gesincourt. It costs {2} (two generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Ixalan (2017) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $6.50 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
When this Equipment enters, target opponent creates two 0/2 green Plant creature tokens with defender.
Equipped creature gets +2/+1.
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, you may transform this Equipment.
Equip {2}
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $6.50 (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 Dowsing Dagger // Lost Vale by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Dowsing Dagger // Lost Vale
Dowsing Dagger // Lost Vale has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #XLN-235 | Rare | 2023 |
| XLN Treasure Chest (PXTC) #235 | Rare | 2017 |
| Ixalan Promos (PXLN) #235s | Rare | 2017 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Dowsing Dagger // Lost Vale.
- Attacking with an equipped creature doesn't cause Equipment attached to it to become tapped. Dowsing Dagger will normally be untapped when it transforms into Lost Vale.
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