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Sorcery
LegalCard DrawRank #671
Return up to three target land cards from your graveyard to your hand.
Dredge 3 (If you would draw a card, you may mill three cards instead. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.)
Why is this card good?
Life from the Loam is the engine behind every serious lands deck. Dredge 3 means you never actually draw it — you recur it endlessly from the graveyard, and along the way you mill more lands to recur. That self-replicating loop is the whole point.
The payoff comes from cycling lands and "sacrifice a land" effects. Pair it with The Gitrog Monster, Lord Windgrace, Omnath, or Aesi and it becomes inevitable card advantage. Combos beautifully with cycling lands (Tranquil Thicket, Forgotten Cave), fetchlands, manlands, and especially Strip Mine / Wasteland locks — recur a land-destruction effect every turn to grind opponents off the table.
It's also a dredge enabler for graveyard payoffs and a way to refill after Splendid Reclamation or Scapeshift lines.
Skip it if your deck doesn't actively use the graveyard or sacrifice/cycle lands. As a one-shot "return three lands," it's mediocre — you want repetition, not a single bounce. No lands matter, no Loam.
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