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Overgrown Tomb
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Overgrown Tomb

Land — Swamp Forest

LegalRank #70

({T}: Add {B} or {G}.)

As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Why is this card good?

Overgrown Tomb is the gold-standard fixing for any Golgari (BG) deck, and there's almost never a reason to leave it out. The key advantages come from its land typing: it's literally a Swamp Forest. That means it's fetchable by Verdant Catacombs, Bayou-style duals, and Farseek/Nature's Lore-type effects that grab basic land types. It also turns on cards that care about Swamps or Forests, and dodges most nonbasic hate. The "pay 2 life or enter tapped" clause is trivially flexible — life is a resource you can afford to spend for an untapped turn-one dual. Who wants it: Any deck with black and green in its identity. Golgari graveyard/reanimator, aristocrats (Meren, Korvold), elves, and BUG/Jund/Sultai shards all run it without thinking. When to skip it: Only if you're mono-color, or in a hyper-aggressive low-life shell where the 2-life tax genuinely matters (rare). Otherwise, it's an auto-include staple — boring, efficient, and exactly what your manabase wants.

Related cards

Woodland CemeteryBG

BG dual that enters untapped with a Swamp/Forest, similar fixing role.

Twilight MireBG

BG filter land producing both colors, fits the same fixing slot.

Llanowar WastesBG

BG painland with untapped dual mana.

Verdant CatacombsC

Fetchland that can grab Overgrown Tomb or basics for BG fixing.

Bloodstained MireC

Fetchland able to find this Swamp Forest type.

Tainted WoodBG

BG land producing both colors when you control a Swamp.

Command TowerC

Enters untapped, taps for any commander color including BG.

Printings (15)

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unfUnfinity · #535R$101.91Buy
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Combos (1)

  • Floral Evoker + Veilborn Ghoul + Squandered Resources + Overgrown Tomb

    → Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite self-discard triggers

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