Frostboil Snarl
Land
As this land enters, you may reveal an Island or Mountain card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped.
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- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RU
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Tales of Middle-earth Commander
- Price
- $0.34
- EDHREC rank
- #345
Frostboil Snarl enters untapped as long as you reveal a basic Island or Mountain from your hand — which in any two-color blue-red deck is a near-automatic condition, making this effectively a dual land for free. Admiral Brass, Unsinkable builds run it at a 59% clip for exactly that reason: clean blue-red fixing with no life payment and no enters-tapped penalty.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Admiral Brass, Unsinkable
Admiral Brass, Unsinkable is a Grixis Pirate commander hungry for untapped blue and red sources, and Frostboil Snarl delivers both without the pain of a shock or the tempo loss of a tapped land — essential in a deck that wants to deploy threats on curve every turn.
The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler
The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler runs a blue-red base that needs consistent early mana, and Frostboil Snarl fills that role as a no-cost dual that rarely enters tapped in a deck already stocked with basic Islands and Mountains.
Sauron, Lord of the Rings
Sauron, Lord of the Rings operates in Grixis and needs every blue and red source to pull its weight; Frostboil Snarl slots in as reliable fixing that doesn't slow the curve or drain life.
Saheeli, Radiant Creator
Saheeli, Radiant Creator lives in Izzet and wants to hit blue and red mana on time to chain artifact spells, making Frostboil Snarl a straightforward include that punishes nothing and enables everything.
Kasla, the Broken Halo
Kasla, the Broken Halo plays in Jeskai, so Frostboil Snarl specifically handles the blue-red slice of that three-color mana base without asking for a life payment or a tapped entry.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Frostboil Snarl is a reliable budget dual for any deck with blue and red in its identity — the reveal condition is trivially met in two-color builds and still manageable in three-color shells running a reasonable basic count. In Modern and Pioneer, it competes with fetchlands and shocklands that offer more flexibility, so it typically sees play only in budget or mono-theme builds where the reveal condition is guaranteed. Legacy and Vintage have access to strictly superior lands, and the Snarl sees essentially no competitive play there. It is not legal in Standard or Pauper, which removes the formats where a bulk rare might otherwise find a niche.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.34 bulk tier
At $0.34, Frostboil Snarl sits firmly in bulk territory and is unlikely to move unless blue-red Commander archetypes spike hard in popularity. Pick it up freely for any Izzet or Grixis build — at this price there's no reason to run a tapped alternative.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Admiral Brass, Unsinkable
- The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler
- Sauron, Lord of the Rings
- Saheeli, Radiant Creator
- Kasla, the Broken Halo
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.