Arctic Flats
Snow Land
This land enters tapped.
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- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Coldsnap
- Price
- $1.84
- EDHREC rank
- #13196
Arctic Flats enters tapped and produces only white or green mana — a real cost in a format where tempo matters. The one context where that drawback is worth paying is Isu the Abominable, where snow permanents are the entire point and the land type does real work.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Isu the Abominable
Isu the Abominable cares about snow permanents, and Arctic Flats counts as one the moment it hits the battlefield — 79% of Isu decks run it because hitting the snow land count is how the engine stays live.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Arctic Flats is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees virtually no competitive play outside Commander. In Legacy and Vintage the enters-tapped penalty is disqualifying — those formats punish tempo losses immediately. In Modern it technically qualifies for snow synergies, but better snow duals exist and the tapped clause keeps it off most lists. Commander is the real home: the slower pace makes the enters-tapped cost manageable, and in dedicated snow builds Arctic Flats pulls its weight purely by being a snow permanent that taps for relevant colors.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.84 cheap tier
At $1.84, Arctic Flats sits at the low end of niche-but-useful lands — cheap enough to run without deliberation in any snow build. Given that its demand is almost entirely driven by Isu the Abominable decks, the price is unlikely to move much in either direction.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.