---
name: "Brackwater Elemental"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Elemental"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Unearth"]
set: "DDH"
set_name: "Duel Decks: Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas"
collector_number: "46"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Thomas M. Baxa"
oracle_id: "a8af4d61-1aed-415d-8d8e-7384194ee3e2"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/brackwater-elemental-ddh"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Brackwater Elemental
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Elemental
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/4
- **Keywords:** Unearth

## Oracle Text
When this creature attacks or blocks, sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.
Unearth {2}{U} ({2}{U}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
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4. [Combat Courier](/printing/combat-courier-bro.md) — Artifact Creature — Construct
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## Printing Details
- **Set:** Duel Decks: Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas (DDH) #46
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Thomas M. Baxa
- **Total Printings:** 14 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `legal`