Desolate Mire
Land
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- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Fallout
- Price
- $0.41
- EDHREC rank
- #977
Desolate Mire enters tapped and produces only black mana, so you're paying a real cost in tempo — what you get back is a land that cycles for one mana when you no longer need it, turning late-game flood into a fresh card. In decks that care about spell cost reduction, like Killian, Decisive Mentor, that cycling trigger is cheap enough to fire without guilt.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Killian, Decisive Mentor
Killian, Decisive Mentor's cost-reduction ability makes cycling Desolate Mire essentially free, and because Killian wants a steady flow of targeted spells, converting a dead land into a fresh draw in the mid-to-late game directly feeds the engine.
Terra, Herald of Hope
Terra, Herald of Hope rewards land drops and card filtering, so Desolate Mire does double duty — it's a land when you need one and a cheap cycle when your board is developed enough that another black source is redundant.
Caesar, Legion's Emperor
Caesar, Legion's Emperor wants to keep the gas flowing across a wide token gameplan, and Desolate Mire gives that deck a pressure valve — flood less, cycle into the next threat or anthem when the board is already full.
Olivia, Opulent Outlaw
Olivia, Opulent Outlaw runs Mardu and leans on consistent black mana for activation costs, making Desolate Mire a low-risk include that converts to card velocity the moment it stops pulling weight as a mana source.
Y'shtola, Night's Blessed
Y'shtola, Night's Blessed decks cycle cards as a core mechanic, and Desolate Mire slots in as an on-theme land that advances the cycling count without sacrificing a spell slot.
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 |
Desolate Mire is essentially a Commander card — the one-for-one cycling payoff and enters-tapped penalty are acceptable in a 100-card singleton format where consistency matters more than raw speed. In Legacy and Vintage, where the card is technically legal, no competitive deck would run a tapped land with a one-mana cycle over essentially any other option; the format's pace punishes that tempo loss immediately. Commander and Oathbreaker are the only realistic homes, and even there Desolate Mire earns its slot only in decks that either care about cycling synergies specifically or have enough cost reduction to make the cycling near-free.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.41 bulk tier
At $0.41, Desolate Mire is bulk — you're not making a financial decision here, you're making a deckbuilding one. Bulk utility lands at this price tier tend to stay stable; there's no meaningful ceiling to break through.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.