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Lake of the Dead, art by Pete Venters
Art by Pete Venters · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · image via Scryfall
Selected printing · USD
$123.27
checked Jun 14, 2026 · Scryfall
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Lake of the Dead

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}.

Rulings (2)

Oct 4, 2004 · 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.

Oct 4, 2004 · The tap and sacrifice counts as tapping the land for mana.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
ModernNot legal
PioneerNot legal
StandardNot legal
PauperNot legal
PremodernLegal
cEDHLegal

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