Overgrown Tomb

Overgrown Tomb

Mana Cost: -

Type: Land — Swamp Forest

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

Power/Toughness: -/-

Rarity: rare

Prints: View all prints (1) →

Expansion: Ravnica Remastered

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Character Background

Overgrown Tomb is one of the cleanest fixes in Magic’s multicolor mana base, and in Ravnica Remastered it remains a premium land for any deck that wants black and green early and often. Mechanically, it supports value, midrange, and combo shells especially well, since it can come in untapped at the cost of 2 life, letting you curve out without losing tempo when you need perfect mana on turn one or two. That life payment is often worth it in decks built to leverage efficient plays like discard, removal, ramp, or recursive threats. It’s also a strong inclusion alongside fetch lands and other shock lands, because the “Swamp Forest” typing makes it easy to search for and counts for cards that care about basic land types. The name and art direction usually suggest a place where nature and decay intertwine, which fits the card’s role: a resource that asks a small price now to fuel a stronger board presence later.

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