Life from the Loam
Life from the Loam: Sorcery, Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander. Return up to three target land cards from your graveyard to your hand. Dredge 3. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{G}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Green (G)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC)
- Released
- 2025-04-11
- Collector number
- 96
- Artist
- Carlos Palma Cruchaga
- Commander rank
- 697 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Dredge, Mill
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About Life from the Loam
Life from the Loam is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare green sorcery from Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC), a Commander product released in April 2025. It is collector number 96 in that set, with art by Carlos Palma Cruchaga. It costs {1}{G} (one generic and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. It has been printed in 11 sets, from Ravnica: City of Guilds (2005) to Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $6.30 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-04).
Card text
Return up to three target land cards from your graveyard to your hand.
Dredge 3 (If you would draw a card, you may mill three cards instead. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.)
"On a good day, I am not Fangkeeper, war hero, or sibsig, but a farmer again." -Kotis, the Fangkeeper
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $6.30 (as of 2026-11-04).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Life from the Loam 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 |
Other printings of Life from the Loam
Life from the Loam has been printed in 11 sets. The 12 most recent other printings are listed here, newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Eternal Weekend (PEWK) #2026b | Rare | 2026 |
| The Zeta Set (SLZ) #201 | Rare | 2026 |
| The Zeta Set (SLZ) #322 | Rare | 2026 |
| The Zeta Set (SLZ) #80 | Rare | 2026 |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) #148 | Rare | 2024 |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) #350 | Rare | 2024 |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) #350z | Rare | 2024 |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) #434 | Rare | 2024 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #8 | Rare | 2019 |
| Ultimate Box Topper (PUMA) #U17 | Mythic | 2018 |
| Ultimate Masters (UMA) #172 | Rare | 2018 |
| Modern Masters (MMA) #153 | Rare | 2013 |
Official rulings
Six official rulings apply to Life from the Loam, newest first.
- You can't attempt to use a dredge ability if you don't have enough cards in your library.
- Once you've announced that you're applying a card's dredge ability to replace a draw, players can't take any actions until you've put that card into your hand and milled cards.
- If an effect puts a card into your hand without specifically using the word "draw," you're not drawing a card. Dredge can't replace this event.
- If you're drawing multiple cards, each draw is performed one at a time. For example, if you're instructed to draw two cards and you replace the first draw with a dredge ability, another card with a dredge ability (including one that was milled by the first dredge ability) may be used to replace the second draw.
- One card draw can't be replaced by multiple dredge abilities.
- Dredge can replace any card draw, not only the one during your draw step.
Similar cards
Other sorcery cards with a green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Life from the Loam is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.