Deceptive Landscape
Land
: Add 
., Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic Plains, Swamp, or Forest card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Cycling 
(, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BGW
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander
- Price
- $0.25
- EDHREC rank
- #2104
Deceptive Landscape enters the battlefield tapped, cycles for one mana, and — crucially — counts as a land drop, which is the entire reason it exists in Commander. Felothar the Steadfast decks run it because the cycling trigger fires landfall twice: once when it enters, once when you crack it for the basic.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Felothar the Steadfast
Felothar the Steadfast triggers off every land that enters the battlefield, so Deceptive Landscape is effectively two landfall triggers stapled to a cantrip — it enters, it triggers, you cycle it into a basic, it triggers again.
The Necrobloom
The Necrobloom cares about lands entering from the graveyard and putting +1/+1 counters on Zombies, so Deceptive Landscape pulling a basic from the deck feeds both halves of that engine while replacing itself.
Betor, Kin to All
Betor, Kin to All rewards you for playing lands with multiple basic land types, and Deceptive Landscape fetches any basic you need — including a Snow basic or a dual basic — to hit whatever type is missing for the turn.
Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan
Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan demands consistent three-color mana and landfall triggers simultaneously, and Deceptive Landscape answers both asks: it fixes the color you're short while triggering the ability a second time on the cycle.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Deceptive Landscape earns its slot — landfall commanders treat the cycling mode as a second land drop, and the cantrip replaces itself so you're never down a card. In Pauper, it competes in the cycling-lands ecosystem and is a fine inclusion in any land-matters or cycling shell. Legacy and Vintage have access to every fetchland ever printed, so Deceptive Landscape doesn't crack those formats. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander read: if your signature spell or planeswalker cares about lands entering, this pulls double duty.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.25 bulk tier
At $0.25, Deceptive Landscape is bulk — pick up as many copies as you need without a second thought. Bulk cycling lands rarely spike unless a new pushed commander sends demand vertical, so treat it as a stable, low-cost staple for any landfall build.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.