Price$0.48 – $2.23
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Land
LegalRank #500
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Why is this card good?
Tainted Peak is one of the best dual lands available for two-color black-based decks, and it's criminally underrated at rank #500.
The key insight: in any Rakdos deck running a healthy number of Swamps (or dual lands that count as Swamps), this enters untapped and taps for both your colors with zero downside. Fetchlands, basics, and Swamp-typed duals all turn it on easily. Compared to a tapland or a painland, you get fixing without losing life or tempo.
Who wants it: Mono-black-leaning or balanced Rakdos decks — aristocrats (Korvold-adjacent), sacrifice, reanimator, and any list with a strong black core. It's free fixing that just slots in.
When NOT to play it: If your deck is red-heavy with few Swamps, it frequently only produces colorless — a real liability. The same goes for three-plus color decks where your Swamp count is thin. In those builds, a Rakdos painland, Blood Crypt, or fastland serves you better.
Cheap, efficient, and excellent in the right shell.
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Printings (8)
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