Salt Flats
Land
This land enters tapped.
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- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Tempest
- Price
- $1.62
- EDHREC rank
- #19998
Salt Flats enters tapped and produces colorless or either of two colors at the cost of 1 life each — a real price tag that pushes it well below the dual land ceiling. It's a budget pain land that gets the job done in two-color decks but doesn't belong in lists that can afford better.
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 |
In Commander, Salt Flats occupies the lower tier of dual land options — fine in budget two-color builds where Revised duals and shocklands aren't realistic, but easily cut once you upgrade. The life payment rarely matters in a 40-life format, which is the card's main saving grace. In Legacy and Vintage, the competition from fetchable dual lands and zero-life-cost options is so steep that Salt Flats sees virtually no play. It's legal in both formats and simply irrelevant in them.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.62 cheap tier
At $1.62, Salt Flats sits in the cheap tier — low enough that it's a painless inclusion when you're building on a budget. It won't hold or gain value as reprints and better budget options continue to enter the market, so treat it as a placeholder rather than a long-term slot.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.