Glacial Floodplain
Snow Land — Plains Island
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This land enters tapped.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Kaldheim
- Price
- $0.36
- EDHREC rank
- #3778
Glacial Floodplain enters tapped and produces white or blue mana — that's the whole card, and the cost is real. The only reason to run it is snow supertype payoffs, and outside of Isu the Abominable and similar snow-matters builds, you should reach for a basic Island before this.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Isu the Abominable
Isu the Abominable cares about snow permanents, and Glacial Floodplain counts toward that total while still serving as a land — it pulls double duty without taking up a spell slot.
Ranar the Ever-Watchful
Ranar the Ever-Watchful runs Azorius colors and occasional snow synergies; Glacial Floodplain slots in as a dual that checks the snow box, though its inclusion rate reflects that it's a role-player rather than a centerpiece here.
Hylda of the Icy Crown
Hylda of the Icy Crown operates in Azorius and leans into snow-adjacent cold-themed packages; Glacial Floodplain fits the aesthetic and the supertype, even if the tap-in cost is a real downside in a deck that wants to move quickly.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Glacial Floodplain is a niche inclusion — run it only when snow permanents matter mechanically, not for flavor. In Pauper, it's a legal common dual, but entering tapped in a format defined by speed makes it nearly unplayable outside dedicated snow builds. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern all have far better dual land options at every price point, so Glacial Floodplain is irrelevant in those formats except in narrow snow-synergy brews. Pioneer snow support is thin enough that the card sees essentially no play there either.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.36 bulk tier
At $0.36, Glacial Floodplain is bulk — pick it up freely if you need it, but don't expect the price to move. Snow-matters demand is narrow enough that this sits at the bottom of the land market and stays there.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.