wotc
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.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #23954
Lake of the Dead
DIGITAL ONLY
prm·#23954·rare·foil
Illus. Pete Venters
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in vault
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for trade
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wishlisted
Jan '13
13 yr ago
Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #5,460 · Niche pick
Variants
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
wotc
The tap and sacrifice counts as tapping the land for mana.
Context
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PRM — the lineup includes Foil 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.
This card belongs to *Magic Online Promos* (released January 2013).
Card #23954 in Magic Online Promos.
Rarity tier: rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters.
Card type: Land. Color identity: black.
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 #5,460 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Pete Venters. Rarix tracks 943 other cards credited to this artist across the catalog — browse the full gallery to see the body of work.
Notes
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