Tranquil Cove

Land

Tranquil Cove enters the battlefield tapped.

When Tranquil Cove enters the battlefield, you gain 1 life.

{T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Set March of the Machine
Rarity Common

Why Play Tranquil Cove

Budget Azorius decks benefit from this reliable dual land that provides both colors without breaking the bank. The life gain helps stabilize against aggressive strategies while you set up your control game plan or deploy flying threats. Consider running this in casual control builds or lifegain-matters strategies where the extra point of life actually contributes to your win condition.

Format Notes

Pauper and casual Commander represent the strongest homes for Tranquil Cove, where mana fixing takes priority over speed. Most competitive formats favor untapped dual lands, making this primarily useful in budget builds or very slow metas. Standard and Pioneer decks occasionally include one copy as a curve-smoother when running heavy white and blue requirements.

Combos & Synergies

Ajani's Pridemate and other lifegain payoffs turn the entering life bonus into additional board presence. Soul Warden effects create incremental advantage engines when combined with the guaranteed life trigger. Azorius Chancery can return Tranquil Cove for repeated lifegain triggers in dedicated lifegain strategies, though this interaction is quite slow for competitive play.

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