---
name: "Life from the Loam"
mana_cost: "{1}{G}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Dredge", "Mill"]
set: "TDC"
set_name: "Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander"
collector_number: "96"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Carlos Palma Cruchaga"
oracle_id: "ac8fba34-512c-4f24-999a-ab72f1ce4acb"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/life-from-the-loam-tdc"
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.)

> *"Nei miei giorni migliori, non sono il Custode delle Zanne o un eroe di guerra o un sibsig; torno a essere un bracciante."
—Kotis, Custode delle Zanne*

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

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC) #96
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Carlos Palma Cruchaga
- **Total Printings:** 52 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`