Restless Reef
Restless Reef: Land, The Lost Caverns of Ixalan. This land enters tapped. Tap: Add U or B. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana value
- 0
- Type
- Land
- Colour identity
- Blue and black (UB)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI)
- Released
- 2023-11-17
- Collector number
- 282
- Artist
- Hristo D. Chukov
- Commander rank
- 3,964 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Mill
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About Restless Reef
Restless Reef is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue and black land from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI), an expansion set released in November 2023. It is collector number 282 in that set, with art by Hristo D. Chukov. As a land, it has no mana cost. Its colour identity is blue and black. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.13 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add {U} or {B}.
{2}{U}{B}: Until end of turn, this land becomes a 4/4 blue and black Shark creature with deathtouch. It's still a land.
Whenever this land attacks, target player mills four cards.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.13 (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 Restless Reef by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Restless Reef
Restless Reef has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI) #349 | Rare | 2023 |
| The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Promos (PLCI) #282p | Rare | 2023 |
| The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Promos (PLCI) #282s | Rare | 2023 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Restless Reef, newest first.
- If this becomes a creature because of an effect other than its own ability, its last ability will still trigger whenever it attacks.
- If this becomes a creature but you haven't controlled it continuously since your most recent turn began, you won't be able to activate its mana ability or attack with it that turn.
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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