Shipwreck Marsh

Land

LegalRank #231

This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.

{T} : Add {U} or {B} .

Why is this card good?

Shipwreck Marsh is part of the "slow lands" cycle, and it's a solid mid-tier dual for Dimir decks. The key strength is the conditional enters-tapped clause: by turn three or later, when you already control two lands, it comes in untapped. That makes it effectively a painless dual in the mid-to-late game when you're casting your commander and impactful spells. The weakness is obvious — it's almost always tapped on turns one and two, exactly when you most want untapped mana to curve out. In a 100-card singleton format where you draw lands unpredictably, that early tap can sting. Play it in any UB deck that wants more untapped duals and isn't running a super-fast, low-curve build: control, mill, reanimator, sacrifice/aristocrats with UB shells. It's a budget-friendly filler that's strictly better than a tapland in most games. Skip it in hyper-aggressive or cEDH lists where every early untapped source matters, or if you can afford true duals, fetches, and shocks instead.