Dismal Backwater
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
Jump to section ▾
What it does
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, you gain 1 life.
T: Add or .
Combos with Dismal Backwater
The lines this card is part of, what it needs alongside it, and what the cards do together. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.
- Trench Behemoth Fastbond Infinite
- Infinite landfall triggers
- Infinite lifegain triggers
Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Dismal Backwater, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gisa and Geralf | 4 | 0 | — |
| Atraxa, Grand Unifier | 1 | 1 | — |
| Admiral Brass, Unsinkable | 1 | 0 | — |
| Kotis, the Fangkeeper | 1 | 0 | — |
| Lazav, Dimir Mastermind | 1 | 0 | — |
| Nashi, Moon's Legacy | 1 | 0 | — |
| Oloro, Ageless Ascetic | 1 | 0 | — |
| Temmet, Naktamun's Will | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Dimir 6 decks
- Sultai 3 decks
- Esper 2 decks
- Grixis 1 deck
- Four-Color (no Red) 1 deck
- Five-Color 1 deck
Dismal Backwater price history
The Tarkir: Dragonstorm #254 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2026 | $0.15 | $0.25 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $0.15 | $0.25 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $0.19 | $0.25 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $0.17 | $0.25 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $0.17 | $0.26 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $0.18 | $0.24 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Dismal Backwater
20 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
- Normal
- $0.15
- Foil
- $0.25
- Normal
- $0.19
- Foil
- $0.27
- Normal
- $0.27
- Foil
- $0.30
- Normal
- $0.18
- Foil
- $0.22
Starter Commander Decks
- Normal
- $0.16
- Normal
- $0.22
- Foil
- $0.40
- Normal
- $0.18
- Foil
- $0.39
- Normal
- $0.27
- Normal
- $0.21
- Foil
- $0.26
- Normal
- $0.29
- Foil
- $0.25
The List
- Normal
- $0.14
- Normal
- $0.18
- Foil
- $0.11
Commander 2018
- Normal
- $0.31
Commander 2017
- Normal
- $0.18
Commander 2016
- Normal
- $0.25
Eternal Masters
- Normal
- $0.14
- Foil
- $0.15
Duel Decks: Blessed vs. Cursed
- Normal
- $0.14
Fate Reforged
- Normal
- $0.22
- Foil
- $0.25
Khans of Tarkir
- Normal
- $0.17
- Foil
- $0.55
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Dismal Backwater. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
