Gruul Turf 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
This land enters tapped. When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand.: Add
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Complete guide
Gruul Turf is a classic example of a 'bounce land' that provides excellent mana advantage at the cost of tempo. While it may seem simple, managing its triggered ability is key to ensuring you don't fall behind on your curve.
Dual-Mana Production
Gruul Turf enters the battlefield tapped, meaning you cannot use it the turn you play it. However, once it is ready, it taps for both Red and Green mana simultaneously. This makes it a powerful color-fixing tool that essentially provides two lands' worth of mana in a single slot.
The Return Trigger
When Gruul Turf enters the battlefield, a triggered ability goes on the stack requiring you to return a land you control to your hand. You do not choose which land to return until the ability resolves. If Gruul Turf is the only land you control when the ability resolves, you must return Gruul Turf itself to your hand.
Optimal Timing
To maximize value, you should tap your other lands for mana before playing Gruul Turf. Since the return ability is a trigger that happens after the land enters, you can respond to the trigger by spending that mana. This allows you to 're-use' a land you were going to bounce anyway.
Interaction examples
Command TowerStep 1: You have Command Tower on the battlefield. Step 2: You play Gruul Turf as your land for the turn. Step 3: Gruul Turf enters tapped and its ability triggers. Step 4: With the trigger on the stack, you tap Command Tower for mana. Step 5: The trigger resolves, and you choose to return the tapped Command Tower to your hand, allowing you to play it again next turn for fresh mana.
If you play Gruul Turf on turn one with no other lands in play, its ability will still trigger. Since Gruul Turf is a 'land you control,' and it is your only option, you are forced to return it to your hand. This results in you having no lands on the battlefield and having used your land play for the turn.
Exotic OrchardIf you control an Exotic Orchard that currently cannot produce the colors you need because of your opponents' lands, playing Gruul Turf allows you to return Exotic Orchard to your hand. You can then hold Exotic Orchard until an opponent plays a land that gives you better mana options later in the game.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Gruul Turf
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
If this land enters the battlefield and you control no other lands, its ability will force you to return it to your hand.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Kodama of the East Tree + Gruul Turf + Rampaging Baloths
- 1Play Gruul Turf.
- 2When Gruul Turf enters the battlefield, it, Rampaging Baloths, and Kodama of the East Tree trigger.
- 3Resolve the Kodama of the East Tree trigger, choosing not to put anything from your hand onto the battlefield.
- 4Resolve the Gruul Turf trigger, returning it from the battlefield to your hand.
- 5Resolve the Rampaging Baloths trigger, creating a token.
- 6When the token enters the battlefield, Kodama triggers, putting Gruul Turf from your hand onto the battlefield.
- 7When Gruul Turf enters the battlefield, it and Rampaging Baloths trigger.
- 8Repeat from step 4.
Kodama of the East Tree + Tireless Provisioner + Gruul Turf
- 1Play Gruul Turf.
- 2When Gruul Turf enters the battlefield, it, Tireless Provisioner, and Kodama of the East Tree trigger.
- 3Resolve the Kodama of the East Tree trigger, choosing not to put anything from your hand onto the battlefield.
- 4Resolve the Gruul Turf trigger, returning it from the battlefield to your hand.
- 5Resolve the Tireless Provisioner trigger, creating a token.
- 6When the token enters the battlefield, Kodama triggers, putting Gruul Turf from your hand onto the battlefield.
- 7When Gruul Turf enters the battlefield, it and Tireless Provisioner trigger.
- 8Repeat from step 4.
Kodama of the East Tree + Gruul Turf + Scute Swarm
- 1Play Gruul Turf.
- 2When Gruul Turf enters the battlefield, it, Scute Swarm, and Kodama of the East Tree trigger.
- 3Resolve the Kodama of the East Tree trigger, choosing not to put anything from your hand onto the battlefield.
- 4Resolve the Gruul Turf trigger, returning it from the battlefield to your hand.
- 5Resolve the Scute Swarm trigger, creating a token.
- 6When the token enters the battlefield, Kodama triggers, putting Gruul Turf from your hand onto the battlefield.
- 7When Gruul Turf enters the battlefield, it and Scute Swarm trigger.
- 8Repeat from step 4.
Kodama of the East Tree + Gruul Turf + Omnath, Locus of Rage
- 1Play Gruul Turf.
- 2When Gruul Turf enters the battlefield, it, Omnath, and Kodama of the East Tree trigger.
- 3Resolve the Kodama of the East Tree trigger, choosing not to put anything from your hand onto the battlefield.
- 4Resolve the Gruul Turf trigger, returning it from the battlefield to your hand.
- 5Resolve the Omnath trigger, creating a token.
- 6When the token enters the battlefield, Kodama triggers, putting Gruul Turf from your hand onto the battlefield.
- 7When Gruul Turf enters the battlefield, it and Omnath trigger.
- 8Repeat from step 4.
Kodama of the East Tree + Tireless Tracker + Gruul Turf
- 1Play Gruul Turf.
- 2When Gruul Turf enters the battlefield, it, Tireless Tracker, and Kodama of the East Tree trigger.
- 3Resolve the Kodama of the East Tree trigger, choosing not to put anything from your hand onto the battlefield.
- 4Resolve the Gruul Turf trigger, returning it from the battlefield to your hand.
- 5Resolve the Tireless Tracker trigger, creating a token.
- 6When the token enters the battlefield, Kodama triggers, putting Gruul Turf from your hand onto the battlefield.
- 7When Gruul Turf enters the battlefield, it and Tireless Tracker trigger.
- 8Repeat from step 4.
Kodama of the East Tree + Gruul Turf + Field of the Dead
- 1Play Gruul Turf.
- 2When Gruul Turf enters the battlefield, it, Field of the Dead, and Kodama of the East Tree trigger.
- 3Resolve the Kodama of the East Tree trigger, choosing not to put anything from your hand onto the battlefield.
- 4Resolve the Gruul Turf trigger, returning it from the battlefield to your hand.
- 5Resolve the Field of the Dead trigger, creating a token.
- 6When the token enters the battlefield, Kodama triggers, putting Gruul Turf from your hand onto the battlefield.
- 7When Gruul Turf enters the battlefield, it and Field of the Dead trigger.
- 8Repeat from step 4.
Kodama of the East Tree + Gruul Turf + Springheart Nantuko
- 1Play Gruul Turf.
- 2When Gruul Turf enters the battlefield, it, Springheart Nantuko, and Kodama of the East Tree trigger.
- 3Resolve the Kodama of the East Tree trigger, choosing not to put anything from your hand onto the battlefield.
- 4Resolve the Gruul Turf trigger, returning it from the battlefield to your hand.
- 5Resolve the Springheart Nantuko trigger, creating a token.
- 6When the token enters the battlefield, Kodama triggers, putting Gruul Turf from your hand onto the battlefield.
- 7When Gruul Turf enters the battlefield, it and Springheart Nantuko trigger.
- 8Repeat from step 4.
Kodama of the East Tree + Gruul Turf + Zendikar's Roil
- 1Play Gruul Turf.
- 2When Gruul Turf enters the battlefield, it, Zendikar's Roil, and Kodama of the East Tree trigger.
- 3Resolve the Kodama of the East Tree trigger, choosing not to put anything from your hand onto the battlefield.
- 4Resolve the Gruul Turf trigger, returning it from the battlefield to your hand.
- 5Resolve the Zendikar's Roil trigger, creating a token.
- 6When the token enters the battlefield, Kodama triggers, putting Gruul Turf from your hand onto the battlefield.
- 7When Gruul Turf enters the battlefield, it and Zendikar's Roil trigger.
- 8Repeat from step 4.
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