Graypelt Refuge
Land
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, you gain 1 life.
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- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Zendikar
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #2789
Graypelt Refuge enters tapped, which is a real cost, but it pays you one life on the way in — and in Selesnya lifegain decks like Trelasarra, Moon Dancer, that single point of life is a trigger, not a bonus. It's the lowest-possible buy-in for a dual land that actively advances your game plan.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Trelasarra, Moon Dancer
Trelasarra, Moon Dancer triggers on every life gain event, so Graypelt Refuge entering tapped is irrelevant — you're already getting a scry and a +1/+1 counter the moment it hits the battlefield.
Treebeard, Gracious Host
Treebeard, Gracious Host cares about gaining life to grow your team, and Graypelt Refuge converts a land drop into a Food-style drip of value before you've spent a single mana.
Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit // Sam, Loyal Attendant
Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit // Sam, Loyal Attendant runs lifegain to keep Frodo in Ring-bearer mode, and Graypelt Refuge's entry trigger is a free, repeatable nudge toward that threshold every game.
Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn
Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn distributes +1/+1 counters based on life gained each turn cycle, so Graypelt Refuge guarantees at least one trigger even on a do-nothing turn.
Emmara, Soul of the Accord
Emmara, Soul of the Accord is a token-and-lifegain deck at heart, and Graypelt Refuge slots in as a dual land that contributes a life point on arrival without asking anything extra of the deck.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Graypelt Refuge earns its slot in any Selesnya deck that cares about gaining life — the enters-tapped drawback matters less in a 40-life, multiplayer format where tempo is measured in turns, not milliseconds. Outside Commander, the picture is grimmer: Legacy, Vintage, and Modern are all legal formats, but Graypelt Refuge sees essentially zero play in any of them because the speed tax is fatal where a single lost turn ends games. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's pace closely enough that lifegain commanders there will sometimes reach for it. Pioneer, Standard, and Pauper are all non-issues — not legal.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Graypelt Refuge is deep bulk — you're paying for a sleeve, not the card. It won't appreciate, but it also costs nothing to slot into a budget Selesnya build where every land that produces two colors and incidentally gains a life is doing legitimate work.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Trelasarra, Moon Dancer
- Treebeard, Gracious Host
- Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit // Sam, Loyal Attendant
- Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn
- Emmara, Soul of the Accord
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.