Skip to content
Moxonomy

Halimar Depths

Land

The tap-land that pays its entry cost in card selection. A blue source that enters tapped is normally a pure tempo loss, the kind of land that costs you a turn for nothing but fixing; this one bundles a top-three reorder into the deal, so the tempo you spend buys information instead of evaporating. The reorder is not a draw and not a dig: it cannot find a missing land, cannot dump an unwanted card to the bottom the way scry can, and cannot change how many cards you draw next turn, only the order you draw them in. That is exactly the work a deck built on enablers and stack-based sequencing wants done. Stacking the right enabler on top, smoothing the next two draws you have already committed to, knowing what is coming before you choose your line: that is a different value proposition than a fetchable dual or a painless basic, and it explains why this land has always lived in spell-heavy blue decks that prize sequencing over speed. The cost is honest and entirely up front. Enter tapped, look once, and from then on it is a plain blue source. There is no recurring engine here, no way to fire the reorder again without bouncing and replaying the land, which keeps the effect a one-time deckbuilding tax rather than an advantage that compounds. What you are buying is a single guaranteed peek at the top three, folded into a land that was already earning its slot, paid for with one turn of being tapped down.

Halimar Depths (afc)
AFC · #244common
Pricing
Normal: $0.45
Foil:
Oracle Text

Rules text

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. Tap: Add Blue mana.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
N/A
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
Legal
Brawl
N/A
Historic
N/A
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
N/A
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
Legal
Pauper Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
N/A
Penny Dreadful
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
Legal
Printings elsewhere

Other printings

7 sets
Quick navigation
move selectesc close