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Dismal Backwater FDN 0261 · common

Dismal Backwater · Land · This land enters tapped. When this land enters, you gain 1 life. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Dismal Backwater · Land · This land enters tapped. When this land enters, you gain 1 life. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Price
from $0.221 printing
Win rate
56.2% GIH 45,775 instances · Premier Draft
Nov 12–Dec 15, 2024 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 25,731 wins in 45,775 card-in-hand instances.

43,365 distinct games · 14,502 distinct drafts · games recorded Nov 12–Dec 15, 2024.

17Lands file dated Dec 19, 2024 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗

Draft data

56.2%when drawn (GIH)

+1.7 pp vs 54.6% average · 45,775 instances

Premier Draft · Nov 12–Dec 15, 2024 · average from 791,159 games

Land · compared with other lands below · last seen around pick 6.4 on average (139,687 packs).

2 of 19 land cards.

Taken at pick8.626,986 picks
Makes the deck59.5%26,986 picks with known usage
When played54.4%87,158.3 matchesBenched 55.2%
54,423.7 matches
When drawn56.2%45,775 instances

Pick and maindeck observations: Nov 12–Dec 15, 2024. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.

○ Opening hand 56.5% · 18,607 instances
● Drawn later 56.0% · 27,168 instances

In hand 56.2% · 45,775 instances
Unseen in deck 52.8% · 54,375 instances
+3.4 percentage points when drawn

Compared with land cards

Win rate when drawn56.2%45,775 instances2 of 19
Opening hand56.5%18,607 instances3 of 19
Drawn later56.0%27,168 instances3 of 19
In the deck54.4%100,389 instances12 of 19
Without seeing it52.8%54,375 instances16 of 19
Improvement when drawn+3.4 pp45,775 instances / 54,375 instances1 of 19
When benched55.2%54,423.7 matches5 of 19
Makes the deck59.5%26,986 picks with known usage4 of 19
Pick (last seen)6.4139,687 packs4 of 19
Taken at8.626,986 picks4 of 19

Ranks require 100 observations for that metric; comparisons are descriptive, not a pick order. Pick ranks put earlier picks first.

Best decks for it

no-splash decks only · card-level in-hand rates · 100 minimum

Graveyard UB58.4%20,053 instancesFlying WU56.3% ◌389 instancesLife Gain WB53.7%1,403 instancesRamp UG62.8%43 instances · under 100Morbid BG45.8%24 instances · under 100Raid BR43.9%41 instances · under 100Spells UR34.6%26 instances · under 100+1/+1 Counters GW0.0%1 instances · under 100

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (56.2% · 45,775 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Card partners need a verified analysis of this format’s public game file.

17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Nov 12–Dec 15, 2024

Collect

1 printingScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

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Prices

FDN 0261 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster · Starter Collection · Starter Collection Case$0.31
FoilPlay Booster$0.22

How to get it

This printing is a promo, accessory or reference card. No booster chance is claimed; check its listed product or source.

Wizards · Collecting Foundations ↗ · Oct 29, 2026

Details & sources

Legal in
Standard · Historic · Timeless · Pioneer · Modern · Legacy · Pauper · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
Illustration
Sam Burley, FDN 261 · Scryfall ↗
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Sources
Wizards · Collecting Foundations · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
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