Lotus Vale
Land
If this land would enter, sacrifice two untapped lands instead. If you do, put this land onto the battlefield. If you don't, put it into its owner's graveyard.
: Add three mana of any one color.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Weatherlight
- Price
- $39.83
- EDHREC rank
- #6894
Lotus Vale taps for three mana of any color — that's Mox-level acceleration stapled to a land slot, and it's why the card still matters decades later. The cost is real: you sacrifice two untapped lands on entry, which means it punishes stumbling hands and rewards sacrifice synergies like Titania, Protector of Argoth or abuse with Freed from the Real.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Titania, Protector of Argoth
Titania, Protector of Argoth turns the two-land sacrifice from a cost into a trigger, immediately generating two 5/3 Elemental tokens the moment Lotus Vale enters — the 'drawback' becomes the engine.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Lotus Vale does its best work: singleton construction means three-mana land acceleration is rare enough to matter, and sacrifice-synergy commanders convert the entry cost into upside rather than tempo loss. In Legacy and Vintage, it's legal but nearly never played — the formats move too fast for a land that requires two others to already be in play, and dedicated mana shells have better options. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander at a compressed scale, where the three-mana burst can be decisive but the setup cost is harder to absorb in a shorter game.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Freed from the RealVizier of Tumbling SandsLotus Vale
Infinite colored mana
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Magus of the CandelabraMaze of IthLotus Vale
Infinite colored mana; Infinite mana lands you control can produce; Infinite untap of lands you control
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Cheaper options that do most of the same work
There's no true budget replacement for Lotus Vale — a land that taps for three of any color is a unique effect and the $39 price reflects that scarcity. Selvala, Heart of the Wilds and similar creature-based accelerators can hit comparable numbers in the right shell, but if the draw is specifically the land-slot efficiency and sacrifice synergy, Lotus Field is the closest structural analog at a fraction of the cost, albeit with the added restriction of hexproof and a slightly different sacrifice trigger.
Price Context
Current price
$39.83 premium tier
At $39.83, Lotus Vale sits firmly in the premium tier, driven by a single printing and a narrow but dedicated demand from sacrifice-synergy Commander builds. It's a stable card rather than a volatile spike — the price reflects genuine scarcity, not hype, so Lotus Vale isn't likely to crater.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.