Dismal Backwater
Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM) #254 · Common · Land
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
Illustrated by Alayna Danner · Released April 11, 2025
Prices
- Nonfoil: $0.16 USD · €0.10 EUR
- Foil: $0.24 USD · €0.13 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 25, 2026: down $0.10 USD (38.5%) to $0.16 USD; low $0.15 USD, high $0.32 USD.
Printings
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm #254 (this printing) · Common · 2025 · $0.16 USD
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- The List #KTK-232 (PLST) · Common · 2019 · $0.15 USD
- Core Set 2020 #245 (M20) · Common · 2019 · $0.18 USD
- Commander 2018 #244 (C18) · Common · 2018 · $0.31 USD
- Commander 2017 #246 (C17) · Common · 2017 · $0.19 USD
- Commander 2016 #291 (C16) · Common · 2016 · $0.25 USD
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- Duel Decks: Blessed vs. Cursed #70 (DDQ) · Common · 2016 · $0.14 USD
- Fate Reforged #168 (FRF) · Common · 2015 · $0.21 USD
- Khans of Tarkir #232 (KTK) · Common · 2014 · $0.17 USD
Legality
- Standard: Legal
- Alchemy: Legal
- Pioneer: Legal
- Historic: Legal
- Modern: Legal
- Brawl: Legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
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