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LEGENDARY SNOW LAND

Dark Depths

Dark Depths enters with ten ice counters on it. : Remove an ice counter from Dark Depths. When Dark Depths has no ice counters on it, sacrifice it. If you do, create Marit Lage, a legendary 20/20 black Avatar creature token with flying and indestructible.
CMC
0
Set
M3C
Rarity
rare
Price
$1.15
FORMATS
CommanderLEGAL
Brawl (Historic)LEGAL
DraftNOT LEGAL
StandardNOT LEGAL
ModernBANNED
PioneerNOT LEGAL
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  • WWizards of the Coast2022-12-08
    Official Ruling
    Dark Depths doesn't have a mana ability. It doesn't tap for colorless mana.
  • WWizards of the Coast2022-12-08
    Official Ruling
    The last ability of Dark Depths is a state trigger. It won't trigger again while the ability is on the stack, but if the ability is countered and Dark Depths is still on the battlefield with no ice counters on it, it will trigger again immediately.
  • WWizards of the Coast2022-12-08
    Official Ruling
    If Dark Depths leaves the battlefield before its triggered ability resolves, you won't be able to sacrifice it, so you won't create Marit Lage.

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COMMENTS · 1
  • WO
    Dark Depths was banned in historic on November 10, 2025. The land tutors available in Historic make Dark Depths too consistent and noninteractive of a win condition with Thespian's Stage. Few decks can deal with the threat of an instant-speed Marit Lage, especially when backed by redundancy in Crop Rotation. Source: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/banned-and-restricted-november-10-2025