Echoing Deeps is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
You may have this land enter tapped as a copy of any land card in a graveyard, except it's a Cave in addition to its other types.: Add
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Complete guide
Echoing Deeps is a versatile utility land from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan that breathes new life into your graveyard. By mimicking a fallen territory, it allows players to reuse powerful land effects while maintaining its identity as a Cave. Whether you need a color fixer or a specific utility piece, this land provides a second chance for your most important resources.
What It Does
Echoing Deeps is a clone effect specifically designed for land cards in graveyards. When it enters the battlefield, you have a choice: it can either enter as a basic Cave that produces colorless mana, or it can enter as a copy of any land card currently sitting in any player's graveyard. If it becomes a copy, it enters the battlefield tapped and retains the 'Cave' subtype in addition to whatever types the original card had.
Step-by-Step Resolution
First, as Echoing Deeps is about to enter the battlefield, you check all graveyards for land cards. If you choose a target, Echoing Deeps enters the battlefield already possessing all the attributes of that card (name, mana abilities, and other traits), but it enters tapped. Importantly, this is not a triggered ability; it happens as part of the land entering, so it does not use the stack and cannot be responded to once the land starts entering. If you choose not to copy anything, it enters untapped and simply functions as a land that taps for colorless mana.
Common Mistakes
One common mistake is forgetting that Echoing Deeps copies exactly what is printed on the card in the graveyard. It does not copy temporary effects that were affecting the land when it was on the battlefield. Additionally, because the copy effect is an 'as enters' ability, if there are no land cards in any graveyards, it cannot become a copy later on; its characteristics are set the moment it hits the table.
When to Play It
Echoing Deeps is most effective in decks that utilize self-mill or discard strategies, ensuring you have high-value targets in your own graveyard. It is also a fantastic silver bullet against opponents who rely on specific non-basic lands. By waiting until a key land has been destroyed or discarded, you can replicate its power for your own side of the board.
Interaction examples
Command TowerIf Command Tower is in your graveyard, Echoing Deeps can enter the battlefield as a tapped copy of it. It will have the ability to tap for any color in your commander's color identity and will also be a Cave land.
Exotic OrchardIf an opponent has discarded an Exotic Orchard, you can play Echoing Deeps to copy it. The Deeps will enter tapped and allow you to produce mana based on the lands your opponents control, while still counting as a Cave for any synergy effects you might have.
If all graveyards are empty, or if you simply need mana immediately, you can choose not to copy anything. Echoing Deeps enters the battlefield untapped and provides one colorless mana when tapped.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Echoing Deeps
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
If you choose to have Echoing Deeps not copy anything, it enters the battlefield untapped.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
Echoing Deeps copies exactly what was printed on the original land card, with the noted exception.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the copied land card will trigger when Echoing Deeps enters the battlefield. Any "as [this land] enters the battlefield" or "[this land] enters the battlefield with" abilities of the chosen land card will also work.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Lotus Field + Echoing Deeps + Aftermath Analyst + Shifting Woodland
- 1Play Lotus Field. When it enters untapped due to Spelunking, it triggers.
- 2Holding priority, activate Lotus Field by tapping it, adding
. - 3Resolve the Lotus Field trigger, sacrificing it and Echoing Deeps.
- 4Activate Aftermath Analyst by paying
and sacrificing it, returning all land cards from your graveyard to the battlefield untapped due to Spelunking. Choose to have Echoing Deeps enter as a copy of Lotus Field. - 5When Echoing Deeps and Lotus Field enter, they each trigger.
- 6Holding priority, activate Echoing Deeps, Lotus Field and two other mana-producing lands except Shifting Woodland by tapping them, adding at least
. - 7Resolve the Echoing Deeps and Lotus Field triggers, sacrificing them and the lands tapped for mana in step 6.
- 8Activate Shifting Woodland's first ability by tapping it, adding .
Lotus Field + Echoing Deeps + Aftermath Analyst + Shifting Woodland
- 1Play Lotus Field. When it enters untapped due to Horizon Explorer, it triggers.
- 2Holding priority, activate Lotus Field by tapping it, adding .
- 3Resolve the Lotus Field trigger, sacrificing it and Echoing Deeps.
- 4Activate Aftermath Analyst by paying and sacrificing it, returning all land cards from your graveyard to the battlefield untapped due to Horizon Explorer. Choose to have Echoing Deeps enter as a copy of Lotus Field.
- 5When Echoing Deeps and Lotus Field enter, they each trigger.
- 6Holding priority, activate Echoing Deeps, Lotus Field and two other mana-producing lands except Shifting Woodland by tapping them, adding at least .
- 7Resolve the Echoing Deeps and Lotus Field triggers, sacrificing them and the lands tapped for mana in step 6.
- 8Activate Shifting Woodland's first ability by tapping it, adding .
Lotus Field + Echoing Deeps + Aftermath Analyst + Shifting Woodland
- 1Play Lotus Field. When it enters untapped due to The Wandering Minstrel, it triggers.
- 2Holding priority, activate Lotus Field by tapping it, adding .
- 3Resolve the Lotus Field trigger, sacrificing it and Echoing Deeps.
- 4Activate Aftermath Analyst by paying and sacrificing it, returning all land cards from your graveyard to the battlefield untapped due to The Wandering Minstrel. Choose to have Echoing Deeps enter as a copy of Lotus Field.
- 5When Echoing Deeps and Lotus Field enter, they each trigger.
- 6Holding priority, activate Echoing Deeps, Lotus Field and two other mana-producing lands except Shifting Woodland by tapping them, adding at least .
- 7Resolve the Echoing Deeps and Lotus Field triggers, sacrificing them and the lands tapped for mana in step 6.
- 8Activate Shifting Woodland's first ability by tapping it, adding .
Kodama of the East Tree + Petrified Field + Echoing Deeps + Tireless Provisioner
- 1Play Petrified Field.
- 2When Petrified Field enters the battlefield, Kodama of the East Tree and Tireless Provisioner trigger.
- 3Resolve the Kodama of the East Tree trigger, putting nothing onto the battlefield.
- 4Holding priority, activate Petrified Field's second ability by tapping and sacrificing it, returning Echoing Deeps from your graveyard to your hand.
- 5Resolve the Tireless Provisioner trigger, creating a token.
- 6When the token enters the battlefield, Kodama of the East Tree triggers, putting Echoing Deeps from your hand onto the battlefield untapped as a copy of Petrified Field.
- 7When Echoing Deeps enters the battlefield, Tireless Provisioner triggers.
- 8Holding priority, activate Echoing Deeps using Petrified Field's second ability by tapping and sacrificing it, returning Petrified Field from your graveyard to your hand.
Kodama of the East Tree + Petrified Field + Echoing Deeps + Field of the Dead
- 1Play Petrified Field.
- 2When Petrified Field enters the battlefield, Kodama of the East Tree and Field of the Dead trigger.
- 3Resolve the Kodama of the East Tree trigger, putting nothing onto the battlefield.
- 4Holding priority, activate Petrified Field's second ability by tapping and sacrificing it, returning Echoing Deeps from your graveyard to your hand.
- 5Resolve the Field of the Dead trigger, creating a token.
- 6When the token enters the battlefield, Kodama of the East Tree triggers, putting Echoing Deeps from your hand onto the battlefield untapped as a copy of Petrified Field.
- 7When Echoing Deeps enters the battlefield, Field of the Dead triggers.
- 8Holding priority, activate Echoing Deeps using Petrified Field's second ability by tapping and sacrificing it, returning Petrified Field from your graveyard to your hand.
Lotus Field + Echoing Deeps + Aftermath Analyst + Shifting Woodland
- 1Play Lotus Field. When it enters untapped due to Archelos, it triggers.
- 2Holding priority, activate Lotus Field by tapping it, adding .
- 3Resolve the Lotus Field trigger, sacrificing it and Echoing Deeps.
- 4Activate Aftermath Analyst by paying and sacrificing it, returning all land cards from your graveyard to the battlefield untapped due to Archelos. Choose to have Echoing Deeps enter as a copy of Lotus Field.
- 5When Echoing Deeps and Lotus Field enter, they each trigger.
- 6Holding priority, activate Echoing Deeps, Lotus Field and two other mana-producing lands except Shifting Woodland by tapping them, adding at least .
- 7Resolve the Echoing Deeps and Lotus Field triggers, sacrificing them and the lands tapped for mana in step 6.
- 8Activate Shifting Woodland's first ability by tapping it, adding .
Kodama of the East Tree + Petrified Field + Echoing Deeps + Spelunking
- 1Play Petrified Field.
- 2When Petrified Field enters the battlefield, Kodama of the East Tree and Springheart Nantuko trigger.
- 3Resolve the Kodama of the East Tree trigger, putting nothing onto the battlefield.
- 4Holding priority, activate Petrified Field's second ability by tapping and sacrificing it, returning Echoing Deeps from your graveyard to your hand.
- 5Resolve the Springheart Nantuko trigger, creating a token.
- 6When the token enters the battlefield, Kodama of the East Tree triggers, putting Echoing Deeps from your hand onto the battlefield untapped as a copy of Petrified Field.
- 7When Echoing Deeps enters the battlefield, Springheart Nantuko triggers.
- 8Holding priority, activate Echoing Deeps using Petrified Field's second ability by tapping and sacrificing it, returning Petrified Field from your graveyard to your hand.
Kodama of the East Tree + Petrified Field + Echoing Deeps + Scute Swarm
- 1Play Petrified Field.
- 2When Petrified Field enters the battlefield, Kodama of the East Tree and each Scute Swarm you control trigger.
- 3Resolve the Kodama of the East Tree trigger, putting nothing onto the battlefield.
- 4Holding priority, activate Petrified Field's second ability by tapping and sacrificing it, returning Echoing Deeps from your graveyard to your hand.
- 5Resolve a Scute Swarm trigger, creating a token.
- 6When the token enters the battlefield, Kodama of the East Tree triggers, putting Echoing Deeps from your hand onto the battlefield untapped as a copy of Petrified Field.
- 7When Echoing Deeps enters the battlefield, each Scute Swarm you control triggers.
- 8Holding priority, activate Echoing Deeps using Petrified Field's second ability by tapping and sacrificing it, returning Petrified Field from your graveyard to your hand.
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