Molten Slagheap
Land
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- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Warhammer 40,000 Commander
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #8227
Molten Slagheap enters tapped and produces colorless mana by default — the only reason to run it is the ability to bank charge counters and cash them in for red or black when you need them. In a deck like Kardur, Doomscourge that wants consistent access to both colors across a long game, that flexibility is worth the tempo loss; everywhere else, it's just a slow land.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kardur, Doomscourge
Kardur, Doomscourge runs a Rakdos shell that often stalls into longer games where having a land that can self-convert to either color on demand is a genuine resource — Molten Slagheap fills that role without costing a spell slot.
Abaddon the Despoiler
Abaddon the Despoiler cares about cascade triggers across a wide mana-value spread, and Molten Slagheap's slow counter accumulation gives Rakdos decks a way to smooth color production without cutting into the spell density that fuels cascade chains.
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 |
Molten Slagheap is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but outside Commander it sees virtually no play — slower formats reward efficiency, and any deck that can run better dual lands will. In Commander, the 100-card singleton constraint occasionally makes flexible color sources worth their tempo cost, and Molten Slagheap fills a niche in Rakdos builds that grind into the mid-to-late game and want insurance against color-screw without dedicating card slots to fixing. It's not a staple, but it's a real option for budget Rakdos lists that have already picked up the obvious dual lands.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Molten Slagheap is deep bulk — you're not paying for this card, you're paying for shipping. It won't hold or lose value in any meaningful sense; it's a filler pickup when you're already placing an order and need a cheap Rakdos land.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.