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Baxter, Fly in the Ointment
Legendary Creature — Insect Mutant Scientist
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This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.
Smoldering Marsh is a clean example of a black-red dual land that rewards disciplined deck construction, especially in tempo, midrange, and sacrifice-oriented strategies that want early access to both colors without overloading on painlands or slow tapped lands. In Fallout, its “badlands” feel fits a scorched wasteland where ash, magma, and ruin bleed together, and the card’s mechanics mirror that harsh terrain: it enters untapped once you’ve established two basic lands, but punishes greedy manabases before then. That makes it especially strong in two-color decks that lean on basic Swamps and Mountains, or in builds using fetch lands and land ramp to turn on the untapped clause reliably. A practical tip is to prioritize basics early if you expect to curve out with discard into removal or cheap threats; once active, Smoldering Marsh helps you keep pace while preserving color consistency for spells like black disruption and red burn.
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Smoldering Marsh is a clean example of a black-red dual land that rewards disciplined deck construction, especially in tempo, midrange, and sacrifice-oriented strategies that want early access to both colors without overloading on painlands or slow tapped lands. In Fallout, its “badlands” feel fits a scorched wasteland where ash, magma, and ruin bleed together, and the card’s mechanics mirror that harsh terrain: it enters untapped once you’ve established two basic lands, but punishes greedy manabases before then. That makes it especially strong in two-color decks that lean on basic Swamps and Mountains, or in builds using fetch lands and land ramp to turn on the untapped clause reliably. A practical tip is to prioritize basics early if you expect to curve out with discard into removal or cheap threats; once active, Smoldering Marsh helps you keep pace while preserving color consistency for spells like black disruption and red burn.
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