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Magic · Tarkir: Dragonstorm · #254 · Land

Dismal Backwater

Magic card price for Dismal Backwater: $0.23 market, from $0.02 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 20, 2026. Full price history since Apr 5, 2025 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 20, 2026
$0.23
−4.2% this week · 0.0% in 30 days
Buy on eBay →
1 day0.0%
7 days−4.2%
30 days0.0%
90 days+4.6%
1 year+130.0%
All time+53.3%

Sellers right now

$0.02lowest listing$20.00highest
Market price$0.23
Mid listing$0.25
Direct$0.03
30-day avg$0.25

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$0.23
Cardmarket$0.17 €0.15

EUR converted at 1.1215 (ECB reference rate). Shipping and condition not included.

One year

$0.0852-week low$0.2852-week high
In the range75%
All-time low$0.02
All-time high$0.28
First priceApr 5, 2025
Foil · market priceCardmarket (EU, in USD)
$0.00$0.10$0.21$0.31
$0.23
Apr 2025Oct 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026
TCGplayer · via tcgcsv · Cardmarket · via MTGJSONtcgrate.com

Price story

Dismal Backwater (Foil) came out in April 2025; we leave the first weeks out of this story, because early prices are set before real supply exists. Over the past twelve months it moved +130%, trading between $0.08 and $0.28. The current price is in the middle of that range. Listings currently start at $0.02; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $0.25.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$0.23$0.02$20.00−4.2%
Normal$0.17$0.01$20.00+6.3%

The card in play

Type line
Land
Rules text

This land enters tapped.

When this land enters, you gain 1 life.

T: Add U or B.

Flavor

"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

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 −2.4% 7d Dismal Backwater (Surge Foil) Universes Beyond: Warhammer 40,000 · #276 $0.40 Dismal Backwater (267), Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Dismal Backwater Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty · #267 $0.39 Dismal Backwater (244), Commander 2018 — Magic card price +6.5% 7d Dismal Backwater Commander 2018 · #244 $0.33 Dismal Backwater (261), Foundations — Magic card price +3.3% 7d Dismal Backwater Foundations · #261 $0.31

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