Leechridden Swamp
Land — Swamp
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This land enters tapped., : Each opponent loses 1 life. Activate only if you control two or more black permanents.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Duel Decks: Nissa vs. Ob Nixilis
- Price
- $0.53
- EDHREC rank
- #2512
Leechridden Swamp drains each opponent for 1 life at the start of your upkeep as long as you control two or more Swamps — meaningful inevitability from a land slot. The cost is real: it enters tapped, it needs a black-heavy mana base to trigger reliably, and Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls decks are the clearest home because every point of opponent life loss feeds the engine.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls
Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls draws cards whenever opponents lose life outside their turn, which means Leechridden Swamp's upkeep drain is a free card every turn cycle once you have two Swamps — no spell required, no mana spent.
Belbe, Corrupted Observer
Belbe, Corrupted Observer generates colorless mana equal to the number of opponents who lost life this turn, so Leechridden Swamp guarantees that trigger fires on your upkeep and primes the mana engine before you even play a spell.
Teysa, Opulent Oligarch
Teysa, Opulent Oligarch rewards life loss across all players, and Leechridden Swamp's passive drain ticks that condition on a schedule, helping Teysa generate treasure and token advantage without dedicating card slots to dedicated drain effects.
Strefan, Maurer Progenitor
Strefan, Maurer Progenitor cares about Blood tokens tied to opponents losing life, and Leechridden Swamp provides consistent, low-maintenance chip damage each turn to keep that resource flowing.
Gev, Scaled Scorch
Gev, Scaled Scorch places -1/-1 counters on creatures whenever opponents lose life, so Leechridden Swamp turns every upkeep into a free counter trigger without costing a card or a mana.
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 |
Commander is the format Leechridden Swamp was built for — three opponents means three targets draining simultaneously, and black-heavy mono-black or Rakdos builds trivially satisfy the two-Swamp threshold. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant; one damage per opponent per turn is too slow against the combo and tempo threats those formats present, and entering tapped is an unacceptable cost for a deck that needs every land active immediately. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's multi-opponent math at a smaller table, so Leechridden Swamp performs similarly there, particularly in black-heavy Planeswalker shells that want passive chip damage.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.53 bulk tier
At $0.53, Leechridden Swamp is bulk, and the price reflects its narrow appeal — it only belongs in decks that can reliably enable the two-Swamp condition and want passive life drain. That narrowness keeps demand low and the price stable; don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls
- Belbe, Corrupted Observer
- Teysa, Opulent Oligarch
- Strefan, Maurer Progenitor
- Gev, Scaled Scorch
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.