Caldera Lake
Land
This land enters tapped.
: Add 
.: Add 
or 
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RU
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Tempest Remastered
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #19665
Caldera Lake enters tapped and asks you to pay two life every time you want colored mana from it — the ongoing tax is the whole problem. It's an Island-Mountain that punishes you for playing the game, and in Commander that toll adds up faster than it looks.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Caldera Lake is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but only Commander gives it any plausible home — and even there, it competes against a deep bench of painless dual lands. In Legacy and Vintage, the life payment on top of an enters-tapped clause is disqualifying; those formats demand lands that work immediately and for free. In Commander, slower games mean the life loss is survivable in theory, but you're running 99 cards and have no shortage of better blue-red fixers to choose from.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Caldera Lake isn't currently available, but given its age, narrow application, and competition from strictly better lands, copies tend to sit in bargain bins. It's worth picking up only if you're completing a collection or filling a budget dual slot in a casual build where the life loss genuinely won't matter.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.