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Bloodstained Mire
Price$13.75 – $77.96
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Bloodstained Mire

Land

LegalRank #43

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Swamp or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Why is this card good?

Bloodstained Mire is one of the original Onslaught fetchlands, and it's a staple for a reason: fixing plus deck-thinning plus synergy. In any deck running black or red, it fetches a Swamp or Mountain (including dual lands with those basic types — Blood Crypt, Watery Grave with Hallowed Fountain, shocks, Triomes, etc.), so it's far more flexible than it looks. The life payment is trivial in most pods. The real upside in Commander is the synergy density: - Landfall (Lotus Cobra, Tatyova) — triggers twice. - Graveyard matters (Tarmogoyf, Crucible of Worlds, delirium) — puts a land type in your yard instantly. - Sac/death synergies and shuffle effects (Brainstorm). - Thins your deck slightly, smoothing draws. When NOT to play it: if you're not running black or red, it does nothing but pay you life for a basic. In budget builds, the price rarely justifies it over a Terramorphic Expanse or basic. And in heavy life-loss aggro/aristocrats mirrors, the incidental damage can add up — but that's rarely a real concern.

Related cards

Wooded FoothillsC

Same Mountain/Forest fetch, identical role.

Marsh FlatsC

Plains/Swamp fetch, same fixing function.

Arid MesaC

Plains/Mountain fetch land.

Blood CryptBR

Black/red dual fetchable by Bloodstained Mire.

Prismatic VistaC

Fetches any basic, universal substitute.

Verdant CatacombsC

Swamp/Forest fetch land.

Polluted DeltaC

Island/Swamp fetch land for similar decks.

Scalding TarnC

Island/Mountain fetch, same enabler role.

Printings (12)

mh3Modern Horizons 3 · #463R$20.83Buy
pmh3Modern Horizons 3 Promos · #216sR$19.37Buy
mh3Modern Horizons 3 · #352R$33.46Buy
mh3Modern Horizons 3 · #216R$18.59Buy
mh3Modern Horizons 3 · #435R$24.39Buy
zneZendikar Rising Expeditions · #3M$37.56Buy
expZendikar Expeditions · #18M$152.60Buy
ktkKhans of Tarkir · #230R$17.70Buy
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g09Judge Gift Cards 2009 · #6R$186.63Buy
wc03World Championship Decks 2003 · #we313R$16.72Buy
wc03World Championship Decks 2003 · #pk313R$13.75Buy
onsOnslaught · #313R$77.96Buy

Combos (8)

  • Kodama of the East Tree + Ghost Town + Tireless Provisioner + Bloodstained Mire

    → Infinite colored mana, Infinite colorless mana, Infinite lifegain triggers

  • Kodama of the East Tree + Ghost Town + Bloodstained Mire + Scute Swarm

    → Infinite ETB, Infinite colorless mana, Infinite creature tokens

  • Kodama of the East Tree + Ghost Town + Bloodstained Mire + Omnath, Locus of Rage

    → Infinite ETB, Infinite colorless mana, Infinite creature tokens

  • Kodama of the East Tree + Ghost Town + Bloodstained Mire + Field of the Dead

    → Infinite ETB, Infinite colorless mana, Infinite creature tokens

  • Kodama of the East Tree + Ghost Town + Tireless Tracker + Bloodstained Mire

    → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers

  • Kodama of the East Tree + Ghost Town + Bloodstained Mire + Rampaging Baloths

    → Infinite ETB, Infinite colorless mana, Infinite creature tokens

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