Contested War Zone
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Magic: The Gathering
- Card type
- Land
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- ★ 4.47 € · ★ 4.86 $
- Mana value
- 0
- Colour
- Colourless
Card text
Whenever a creature deals combat damage to you, that creature's controller gains control of this land. : Add . , : Attacking creatures get +1/+0 until end of turn.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Aeron Ng
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2025-08-01
Rulings
Gaining control of Contested War Zone doesn’t cause it to tap or untap.
In some multiplayer formats, creatures controlled by different players may deal combat damage to you simultaneously. If this happens, you control each triggered ability and can put them on the stack in any order. The last ability to resolve will determine who ends up controlling Contested War Zone.
The last activated ability affects all attacking creatures, not just those you control.
The word “you” in a permanent’s trigger condition always refers to the permanent’s current controller.