Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
Mana Cost: -
Type: Legendary Land
Oracle Text:
{T}: Add {B}.
Channel — {3}{B}, Discard this card: Mill three cards, then return a creature or planeswalker card from your graveyard to your hand. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.
Power/Toughness: -/-
Rarity: rare
Prints: View all prints (7) →
Expansion: Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Promos
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Character Background
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire is exactly the kind of land that rewards patient, grindy decks in Magic: The Gathering, especially control and midrange shells that want mana early and card access later. On curve it is simply a Swamp, but its Channel ability turns it into a flexible recursion spell once the game slows down: milling three is a modest bonus, and getting back a creature or planeswalker from the graveyard can swing attrition wars or re-buy a key threat, removal engine, or planeswalker. The cost reduction for each legendary creature you control makes it especially attractive in legendary-heavy builds, where it can become surprisingly efficient. Deckbuilding tip: pair it with self-mill, fetch lands, and value legends so the graveyard fills naturally and the reduction matters more often; it also plays well with sacrifice decks that expect creatures to die and planeswalkers to be recycled. As a land, it creates low opportunity cost utility.
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