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Magic · Core Set 2020 · #245 · Common

Dismal Backwater

Magic card price for Dismal Backwater: $0.17 market, from $0.04 at the cheapest listing, Normal printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Normal · Oct 18, 2026
$0.17
−5.6% this week · −10.5% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days−5.6%
30 days−10.5%
90 days−22.7%
1 year+88.9%
All time+142.9%

Sellers right now

$0.04lowest listing$19.95highest
Market price$0.17
Mid listing$0.25
Direct$0.05
30-day avg$0.18

Market price is what a near-mint copy actually sold for. The cheapest listing is what a seller asks today — on thin markets the two differ a lot.

Where to buy

TCGplayer$0.17
Cardmarket$0.05 €0.04

EUR converted at 1.1253 (ECB reference rate). Shipping and condition not included.

One year

$0.0852-week low$0.2352-week high
In the range60%
All-time low$0.07
All-time high$0.23
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Normal · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.04$0.11$0.18$0.25
$0.17
Jul 20Aug 19Sep 18Oct 18
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Our price record for Dismal Backwater (Normal) begins in February 2024 at $0.07; the market price today is $0.17, up 143% since then. In the last year the price changed +88.9% and ranged from $0.08 to $0.23, and it now trades in the middle of that range. Its all-time high in our data is $0.23, still 35.3% above the current price. The cheapest listing right now is $0.04, and the 30-day average market price is $0.18.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Normal$0.17$0.04$19.95−5.6%
Foil$0.11$0.10$7.030.0%

The card in play

Type line
Land
Rules text

Dismal Backwater enters the battlefield tapped.

When Dismal Backwater enters the battlefield, you gain 1 life.

T: Add U or B.

Other printings of Dismal Backwater

19 more · $0.14 – $0.55
All printings
Dismal Backwater (232), Khans of Tarkir — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Dismal Backwater Khans of Tarkir · #232 $0.55 Dismal Backwater (Surge Foil) (276), Universes Beyond: Warhammer 40,000 — Magic card price +2.5% 7d Dismal Backwater (Surge Foil) Universes Beyond: Warhammer 40,000 · #276 $0.41 Dismal Backwater (267), Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Dismal Backwater Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty · #267 $0.39 Dismal Backwater (261), Foundations — Magic card price +3.3% 7d Dismal Backwater Foundations · #261 $0.31 Dismal Backwater (246), Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths — Magic card price +3.3% 7d Dismal Backwater Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths · #246 $0.31

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