---
name: "Life from the Loam"
mana_cost: "{1}{G}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: []
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Dredge", "Mill"]
set: "DDJ"
set_name: "Duel Decks: Izzet vs. Golgari"
collector_number: "69"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Carlos Palma Cruchaga"
oracle_id: "ac8fba34-512c-4f24-999a-ab72f1ce4acb"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/life-from-the-loam-ddj"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Life from the Loam
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{G}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Dredge, Mill

## Oracle Text
Return up to three target land cards from your graveyard to your hand.
Dredge 3 (If you would draw a card, you may mill three cards instead. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Splendid Reclamation](/printing/splendid-reclamation-eoc.md) — Sorcery
2. [Pull Through the Weft](/printing/pull-through-the-weft-eoe.md) — Sorcery
3. [Golgari Brownscale](/printing/golgari-brownscale-uma.md) — Creature — Lizard
4. [Groundskeeper](/printing/groundskeeper-eoc.md) — Creature — Human Druid
5. [Restore](/printing/restore-cma.md) — Sorcery
6. [A-Druidic Ritual](/printing/a-druidic-ritual-hbg.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Duel Decks: Izzet vs. Golgari (DDJ) #69
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Carlos Palma Cruchaga
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2024-01-12)* You can't attempt to use a dredge ability if you don't have enough cards in your library.
- *(2024-01-12)* Once you've announced that you're applying a card's dredge ability to replace a draw, players can't take any actions until you've put that card into your hand and milled cards.
- *(2024-01-12)* If an effect puts a card into your hand without specifically using the word "draw," you're not drawing a card. Dredge can't replace this event.
- *(2024-01-12)* If you're drawing multiple cards, each draw is performed one at a time. For example, if you're instructed to draw two cards and you replace the first draw with a dredge ability, another card with a dredge ability (including one that was milled by the first dredge ability) may be used to replace the second draw.
- *(2024-01-12)* One card draw can't be replaced by multiple dredge abilities.
- *(2024-01-12)* Dredge can replace any card draw, not only the one during your draw step.