Hissing Quagmire

Hissing Quagmire card image

Hissing Quagmire: Land, Oath of the Gatewatch. This land enters tapped. Tap: Add B or G. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana value
0
Type
Land
Colour identity
Black and green (BG)
Rarity
Rare
Set
Oath of the Gatewatch (OGW)
Released
2016-01-22
Collector number
171
Artist
Cliff Childs
Commander rank
6,785 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Hissing Quagmire

Hissing Quagmire is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black and green land from Oath of the Gatewatch (OGW), an expansion set released in January 2016. It is collector number 171 in that set, with art by Cliff Childs. As a land, it has no mana cost. Its colour identity is black and green. 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 Oath of the Gatewatch (2016) to Edge of Eternities: Stellar Sights (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.56 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).

Card text

This land enters tapped.

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

{1}{B}{G}: Until end of turn, this land becomes a 2/2 black and green Elemental creature with deathtouch. It's still a land.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.56 (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 Hissing Quagmire by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Hissing Quagmire

Hissing Quagmire has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Edge of Eternities: Stellar Sights (EOS) #109Rare2025
Edge of Eternities: Stellar Sights (EOS) #154Rare2025
Edge of Eternities: Stellar Sights (EOS) #19Rare2025
Edge of Eternities: Stellar Sights (EOS) #64Rare2025
Pioneer Masters (PIO) #266Rare2024
Oath of the Gatewatch Promos (POGW) #171sRare2016

Official rulings

Four official rulings apply to Hissing Quagmire, newest first.

  • An ability that turns a land into a creature also sets that creature's power and toughness. If the land was already a creature (for example, if it was the target of a spell with awaken), this will overwrite the previous effect that set its power and toughness. Effects that modify its power or toughness will continue to apply no matter when they started to take effect. The same is true for counters that change its power or toughness (such as +1/+1 counters) and effects that switch its power and toughness. For example, if Hissing Quagmire has been made a 0/0 creature with three +1/+1 counters on it, activating its last ability will turn it into a 5/5 creature that's still a land.
  • When a land becomes a creature, that doesn't count as having a creature enter the battlefield. The permanent was already on the battlefield; it only changed its types. Abilities that trigger whenever a creature enters the battlefield won't trigger.
  • This land is colorless until the last ability gives it colors.
  • 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 nor when it entered the battlefield.

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