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Magic · Universes Beyond: Warhammer 40,000 · #276 · Common

Dismal Backwater (Surge Foil)

Magic card price for Dismal Backwater (Surge Foil): $0.41 market, from $0.20 at the cheapest listing, Foil printing, updated Oct 18, 2026. Full price history since Feb 8, 2024 below.

Market price · Foil · Oct 18, 2026
$0.41
+2.5% this week · +2.5% in 30 days
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1 day0.0%
7 days+2.5%
30 days+2.5%
90 days+5.1%
1 year+95.2%
All time+156.3%

Sellers right now

$0.20lowest listing$19.95highest
Market price$0.41
Mid listing$0.55
Direct$0.40
30-day avg$0.40

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$0.41

No Cardmarket match for this printing yet.

One year

$0.1952-week low$0.4152-week high
In the range100%
All-time low$0.11
All-time high$0.41
First priceFeb 8, 2024
Foil · market price
$0.09$0.21$0.32$0.44
$0.41
Feb 2024Dec 2024Nov 2025Oct 2026
TCGplayer market price · via tcgcsvtcgrate.com

Price story

Our price record for Dismal Backwater (Surge Foil) begins in February 2024 at $0.16; the market price today is $0.41, up 156% since then. In the last year the price changed +95.2% and ranged from $0.19 to $0.41, and it now trades near the top of that range. Today's price is the highest we have recorded for this card. Listings currently start at $0.20; over the last 30 days the market price averaged $0.40.

Printings

PrintingMarketLowHigh7d
Foil$0.41$0.20$19.95+2.5%

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.

Flavor

Armageddon has become a site of holy pilgrimage for the Orks: a planet where the fighting never stops.

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 (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 Dismal Backwater (244), Commander 2018 — Magic card price 0.0% 7d Dismal Backwater Commander 2018 · #244 $0.31

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