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Dismal Backwater TDM 0254 · common

Dismal Backwater · 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

Dismal Backwater · 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

Price
from $0.211 printing
Win rate
56.0% GIH 57,962 instances · Premier Draft
Apr 8–May 14, 2025 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 32,436 wins in 57,962 card-in-hand instances.

53,615 distinct games · 18,888 distinct drafts · games recorded Apr 8–May 14, 2025.

17Lands file dated May 19, 2025 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗

Draft data

56.0%when drawn (GIH)

+0.9 pp vs 55.0% average · 57,962 instances

Premier Draft · Apr 8–May 14, 2025 · average from 552,428 games

Land · compared with other lands below · last seen around pick 5.7 on average (173,048 packs).

7 of 32 land cards.

Taken at pick8.130,824 picks
Makes the deck76.0%30,824 picks with known usage
When played54.5%124,784.7 matchesBenched 55.3%
33,088.3 matches
When drawn56.0%57,962 instances

Pick and maindeck observations: Apr 8–May 14, 2025. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.

○ Opening hand 56.1% · 24,142 instances
● Drawn later 55.9% · 33,820 instances

In hand 56.0% · 57,962 instances
Unseen in deck 53.8% · 73,361 instances
+2.2 percentage points when drawn

Compared with land cards

Win rate when drawn56.0%57,962 instances7 of 32
Opening hand56.1%24,142 instances15 of 32
Drawn later55.9%33,820 instances10 of 32
In the deck54.8%132,869 instances18 of 32
Without seeing it53.8%73,361 instances24 of 32
Improvement when drawn+2.2 pp57,962 instances / 73,361 instances5 of 32
When benched55.3%33,088.3 matches8 of 32
Makes the deck76.0%30,824 picks with known usage19 of 32
Pick (last seen)5.7173,048 packs25 of 32
Taken at8.130,824 picks24 of 32

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

Blue–Black UB56.9%58 instances · under 100Leaves the Graveyard UG33.3%3 instances · under 100

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (56.0% · 57,962 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 ↗ · Apr 8–May 14, 2025

Collect

1 printingScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

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Prices

TDM 0254 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster · MTGO Redemption$0.21
FoilPlay Booster$0.24

How to get it

A fixed card in MTGO Redemption. It is not a booster pull, so no chance is claimed.

Wizards · Collecting Tarkir: Dragonstorm ↗ · 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
Alayna Danner, TDM 254 · Scryfall ↗
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Sources
Wizards · Collecting Tarkir: Dragonstorm · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
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