Prismatic Vista
Land
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Magic Online Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #195
Prismatic Vista enters tapped and costs a life, but it fetches any basic land type and puts it into play untapped — that's a net-positive mana fix in any deck running more than two colors. The self-sacrifice clause is the point: every deck that cares about lands hitting the graveyard, lands entering the battlefield, or land type diversity wants Prismatic Vista over a basic every time.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Gogo, Master of Mimicry
Gogo, Master of Mimicry cares about casting spells with different mana costs and colors, so reliable access to any basic type makes Prismatic Vista an automatic include — it smooths the color requirements that let Gogo copy the widest range of targets.
Titania, Protector of Argoth
Prismatic Vista sacrifices itself on the way to finding a basic, which means Titania, Protector of Argoth triggers immediately and you get a 5/3 Elemental token out of a land slot — it's one of the most efficient ways to feed her engine.
Lumra, Bellow of the Woods
Lumra, Bellow of the Woods triggers whenever a land enters the graveyard, so Prismatic Vista's built-in self-mill-and-sacrifice lines up perfectly and generates value the moment you crack it.
Tifa Lockhart
Tifa Lockhart demands consistent access to specific mana across multiple colors, and Prismatic Vista handles that while also doubling as a land-enters or land-dies trigger for any supporting synergies the deck runs.
The Gitrog Monster
The Gitrog Monster draws a card whenever a land hits the graveyard, and Prismatic Vista sacrifices itself to fetch a basic — that's a free card draw baked into a land slot, which is exactly why it appears in roughly a quarter of all Gitrog decks.
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 where Prismatic Vista earns its reputation: 100-card singleton means consistent color fixing matters enormously, and the self-sacrifice clause doubles as a land-graveyard trigger for a wide range of popular commanders. In Legacy, it's a real card — fetchlands are the format's backbone, and Prismatic Vista fills a role in decks that want basic land types without paying the premium for original dual lands. Modern runs it in similar shells, particularly anything pairing land synergies with fetch effects, though it competes with a deep pool of typed fetches there. Pioneer and Standard don't get it, and Pauper keeps it out on rarity, so the audience is essentially competitive eternal formats and Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Prismatic Vista doesn't have current pricing data attached, so check Scryfall or your preferred vendor for the live number before buying. Historically it has sat in the $10–$20 range and spiked with reprint scarcity, so if a reprint has recently hit, that's the window to grab copies.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.