Highland Lake
Land
This land enters tapped.
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- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RU
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Commander 2018
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #6063
Highland Lake enters tapped, which means the turn you play it, you're doing nothing else — that's a real cost. It's the floor-tier dual, acceptable budget filler in Izzet Commander builds like Saheeli, the Gifted where color fixing matters more than velocity, but any untapped alternative replaces it immediately.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Saheeli, the Gifted
Saheeli, the Gifted wants both blue and red on curve, and Highland Lake reliably delivers both — the enters-tapped penalty hurts less in a deck that's already building toward expensive artifacts rather than fighting for tempo in the first three turns.
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, Highland Lake is a budget placeholder — it does the job of fixing Izzet colors, and at a 40-life, slower table it's survivable, but every untapped dual it could be replaced with is an upgrade. In Pauper, the commons card pool makes it a legitimate option since the ceiling on lands is lower and budget constraints are real. In Modern and Pioneer, no competitive deck runs it — shock lands, check lands, and fast lands all do more for far less tempo loss. Legacy and Vintage simply never touch it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Highland Lake is pure bulk — you're not buying it for value, you're buying it because you need the color pip and have nothing better. It's been printed enough times that the price floor is basically permanent; don't expect it to move.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.