---
name: "Watery Grave"
mana_cost: "N/A"
cmc: 0
type_line: "Land — Island Swamp"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: []
set: "GTC"
set_name: "Gatecrash"
collector_number: "249"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Sergey Glushakov"
oracle_id: "fc9ec820-4245-4a96-b009-5308a818ca58"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/watery-grave-gtc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Watery Grave
- **Mana Cost:** `N/A` (CMC: 0)
- **Type:** Land — Island Swamp

## Oracle Text
({T}: Add {U} or {B}.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sunken Hollow](/printing/sunken-hollow-msc.md) — Land — Island Swamp
2. [Dismal Backwater](/printing/dismal-backwater-tdm.md) — Land
3. [Overgrown Tomb](/printing/overgrown-tomb-ecl.md) — Land — Swamp Forest
4. [Drowned Catacomb](/printing/drowned-catacomb-msc.md) — Land
5. [Godless Shrine](/printing/godless-shrine-eoe.md) — Land — Plains Swamp
6. [Murky Sewer](/printing/murky-sewer-dsk.md) — Land

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Gatecrash (GTC) #249
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Sergey Glushakov
- **Total Printings:** 19 across all historical editions

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2018-10-05)* If an effect puts this land onto the battlefield tapped, you may pay 2 life, but it still enters tapped.
- *(2018-10-05)* Unlike most dual lands, this land has two basic land types. It's not basic, so cards such as District Guide can't find it, but it does have the appropriate land types for effects such as that of Drowned Catacomb (from the Ixalan set).