Dowsing Dagger // Lost Vale
~$6.17 low · ~$15.52 high
Colorless. Artifact — Equipment // Land
Ixalan #235 · Illustrated by Florian de Gesincourt
Ixalan #235 · Illustrated by Florian de GesincourtWhat is Dowsing Dagger // Lost Vale worth?
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Oracle text
Dowsing Dagger
Artifact — Equipment
When this Equipment enters, target opponent creates two 0/2 green Plant creature tokens with defender.
Equipped creature gets +2/+1.
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, you may transform this Equipment.
Equip
Lost Vale
Land
(Transforms from Dowsing Dagger.)
: Add three mana of any one color.
The pirates had ventured into the interior for treasure. They found something far greater.
Format legality
All 4 printings of Dowsing Dagger // Lost Vale
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The List plst #XLN-235· 2023rare· Cardmarket €6.96 | rare | $6.17 | No foil printing | €6.96 | |
 XLN Treasure Chest pxtc #235· 2017Promorare· Cardmarket €10.01 foil | rare | No non-foil printing | $15.52 | €10.01 foil | |
 Ixalan Promos pxln #235s· 2017Promorare· Cardmarket €8.22 foil | rare | No non-foil printing | $12.23 | €8.22 foil | |
 Ixalan xln #235· 2017rare· Cardmarket €5.51 · €6.44 foil | rare | $7.41 | $9.13 | €5.51€6.44 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2017
- Printings
- 4
- Mana value
- 2
- EDHREC rank
- #2,410 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Transform, Equip
- Artists
- Florian de Gesincourt, Florian de Gesincourt & Jared Blando
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Ixalan card (#235).
235 · XLN · R · EN
- 235Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- XLNSet code for Ixalan
- RRare
- ENPrinted in English
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Card breakdown
The parts of Dowsing Dagger // Lost Vale (2 faces), read from the Ixalan printing. How to read any Magic card.
Dowsing Dagger
- Mana cost
- What you pay to cast this face.
- Type line
- Artifact is the card type. Equipment is the subtype, after the dash.
- Text box
- What the card does.
Lost Vale
- Type line
- Land is the card type.
- Text box
- What the card does. Italic text in brackets is reminder text: it explains a rule and has no effect on the game.
- Flavor text
- Italic story text below the rules. It has no effect on the game, and it can differ between printings.
This printing
- Illustration
- By Florian de Gesincourt. The art has no effect on the game.
- Set symbol
- Ixalan. Gold means rare.
- Collector number
- 235 = collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- Rarity letter
- R = rare
- Set code
- XLN = set code for Ixalan
- Language
- EN = printed in English
- Artist
- Florian de Gesincourt, after the paintbrush.
- Copyright
- Wizards of the Coast's copyright notice, with the year.
- Holo stamp
- The foil security stamp at the bottom center, on rares and mythic rares since 2014.
Keywords
- EquipCR 702.6
- Pay the cost to attach this Equipment to a creature you control. Only when you could cast a sorcery.
- TransformCR 701.27
- Turn a double-faced permanent over to its other face.
Rule numbers from the Magic Comprehensive Rules, version of September 25, 2026.
Rulings (1)
2017-09-29
Attacking with an equipped creature doesn't cause Equipment attached to it to become tapped. Dowsing Dagger will normally be untapped when it transforms into Lost Vale.
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