MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #140

Lake of the Dead

all·#140·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Pete Venters

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Jun 1996

30 yr ago

Value

$121.27+$5 (+4.2%)

30 days high $126 · low $114

NM$121

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$112–$128modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $121low $70range 74.0%n 46

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #5,456 · Niche pick

Variants

Nonfoil$121

Gameplay

Land

If this land would enter, sacrifice a Swamp instead. If you do, put this land onto the battlefield. If you don't, put it into its owner's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}. {T}, Sacrifice a Swamp: Add {B}{B}{B}{B}.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2004-10-04wotc

You have to sacrifice a swamp before this card is put onto the battlefield. And you have to do this no matter how it is put onto the battlefield.

2004-10-04wotc

The tap and sacrifice counts as tapping the land for mana.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $121.27. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $69.70 and $121.27 across 46 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from ALL — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #140 of *Alliances*, the set that shipped alongside the June 1996 Alliances release.

Card type: Land, color identity black, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters.

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander. This printing is on Wizards of the Coast's Reserved List — Wizards has committed never to reprint cards on that list, which underwrites a structural scarcity floor on every surviving copy.

EDHrec ranks this card #5,456 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Pete Venters. Rarix catalogs 943 other cards credited to this artist.