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Fetid Pools

Land — Island Swamp

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.)
This land enters tapped.
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

CMC
0
Mana cost
Color identity
BU
Rarity
rare
Set
Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander
Price
$0.24
EDHREC rank
#855
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Fetid Pools card art
Fetid Pools enters tapped, which is the real cost, but the cycling ability is what commanders like Temmet, Naktamun's Will are actually paying for — a land that doubles as a draw trigger and graveyard enabler is worth one slow turn. Escape Protocol and similar cycling-payoff engines treat Fetid Pools as a repeatable resource, not a dead land.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Temmet, Naktamun's Will

Temmet, Naktamun's Will

57.8% of decks · synergy 0.51

Temmet, Naktamun's Will cares about cycling triggers directly, and Fetid Pools is a land slot that fires those triggers — the 58% inclusion rate reflects how reliably it pulls its weight in that engine.

02
Mirko, Obsessive Theorist

Mirko, Obsessive Theorist

53.6% of decks · synergy 0.37

Mirko, Obsessive Theorist mills cards whenever you cycle, so Fetid Pools is both a mana source and a free mill activation — two functions from one land drop is exactly what the deck wants.

03
Davros, Dalek Creator

Davros, Dalek Creator

39.0% of decks · synergy 0.35

Davros, Dalek Creator rewards opponents drawing cards from your effects, and Fetid Pools cycling can chain into those draw-punishment loops while keeping the land base functional.

04
Teval, the Balanced Scale

Teval, the Balanced Scale

38.7% of decks · synergy 0.26

Teval, the Balanced Scale cares about cards entering the graveyard and about life-total manipulation, making Fetid Pools a low-opportunity-cost way to fuel the graveyard engine from the land slot.

05
The Wise Mothman

The Wise Mothman

37.1% of decks · synergy 0.24

The Wise Mothman distributes radiation counters when players draw cards, so Fetid Pools cycling adds a free trigger that spreads counters without spending a card slot.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Fetid Pools earns its slot in any Dimir or multicolor deck that wants cycling payoffs — it is a land that does something the turn you don't need it, which is a real edge in a 100-card singleton format. In competitive Legacy and Vintage, it sees fringe play in cycling-combo shells, though fetchable dual lands make it redundant in most blue-black control lists. Modern and Pioneer treat it similarly: fine in a dedicated cycling deck, cut immediately when the archetype isn't present. Fetid Pools is legal in Oathbreaker as well, where the same Commander-style cycling synergies apply at a smaller table scale.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.24 bulk tier

At $0.24, Fetid Pools is firmly bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a dual land with upside, which makes it a free include in any cycling deck. Bulk rare dual lands with genuine mechanical upside tend to stay accessible, so there's no reason to hesitate on picking up copies.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.