Gloomlake Verge
Land
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. Activate only if you control an Island or a Swamp.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Duskmourn: House of Horror Promos
- Price
- $15.84
- EDHREC rank
- #650
Gloomlake Verge enters untapped and produces black or blue mana — but its real job is feeding the graveyard, making it an engine piece rather than a simple dual land. Emet-Selch, Unsundered decks that want consistent self-mill to fuel reanimation or constellation effects will run this without hesitation.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Emet-Selch, Unsundered
Emet-Selch, Unsundered demands a steady supply of cards hitting the graveyard, and Gloomlake Verge delivers that passively every time you tap it for mana — no additional setup required.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Gloomlake Verge earns a slot in any Dimir or Esper shell that profits from self-mill — graveyard recursion, threshold effects, or commanders like Emet-Selch, Unsundered who treat the yard as a second hand. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Legacy, dedicated graveyard decks can use it, but the slot competition from fetchlands and other dual lands is fierce enough that only strategies with explicit mill payoffs justify running it. Pioneer and Standard players building around graveyard synergies have a reasonable case for it, since the mana base options are narrower and the self-mill upside stands out more. Pauper is the one format where Gloomlake Verge is unavailable, so that's a non-starter.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Dimir Guildgate and Submerged Boneyard both give you Dimir fixing for pennies, though neither mills on entry or tap — you're trading the graveyard synergy for pure budget savings. If the mill trigger is the point, Surveil lands like Underground Mortuary get closer to the functional role of Gloomlake Verge without the price tag, offering a scry-adjacent effect that still interacts with the graveyard.
Price Context
Current price
$15.84 mid tier
At $15.84, Gloomlake Verge sits in the mid tier — expensive for a land with no immediate mana acceleration, but reasonable if graveyard synergy is central to your strategy. The price reflects genuine demand from Emet-Selch decks and other self-mill builds rather than casual hype, so it should hold relatively stable as long as that archetype stays popular.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Emet-Selch, Unsundered
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.