---
name: "Dismal Backwater"
mana_cost: "N/A"
cmc: 0
type_line: "Land"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: []
set: "TDM"
set_name: "Tarkir: Dragonstorm"
collector_number: "254"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Alayna Danner"
oracle_id: "865a2194-fca0-446e-aae3-ca475cd66e00"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/dismal-backwater-tdm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Dismal Backwater
- **Mana Cost:** `N/A` (CMC: 0)
- **Type:** Land

## Oracle Text
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*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Watery Grave](/printing/watery-grave-clu.md) — Land — Island Swamp
2. [Murky Sewer](/printing/murky-sewer-dsk.md) — Land
3. [A.I.M. Labs](/printing/aim-labs-msh.md) — Land
4. [Scoured Barrens](/printing/scoured-barrens-neo.md) — Land
5. [Subterranean Cavern](/printing/subterranean-cavern-msh.md) — Land
6. [Jwar Isle Refuge](/printing/jwar-isle-refuge-cm2.md) — Land

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM) #254
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Alayna Danner
- **Total Printings:** 132 across all historical editions

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