Shambling Vent
Land
This land enters tapped.
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: Until end of turn, this land becomes a 2/3 white and black Elemental creature with lifelink. It's still a land.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Pioneer Masters
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #5440
Shambling Vent gives you a lifelink 2/3 on demand while spending a land slot — the floor is a dual land, the ceiling is a late-game threat that dodges sorcery-speed removal. The cost is real: it enters tapped and the activation is four mana, so you're leaning on it in the midgame, not the early turns. In Orzhov strategies like Nalia de'Arnise, that lifegain trigger is doing work, not just incidental padding.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Nalia de'Arnise
Nalia de'Arnise cares about creatures with two or more power, and Shambling Vent's 2/3 body clocks in right at the threshold — so every activation is a potential trigger for Nalia's Rogue-matters ability while also padding your life total against aggro.
Burakos, Party Leader // Folk Hero
Shambling Vent produces a Warrior token, and Burakos, Party Leader // Folk Hero's party mechanic counts creature types across the board — so the Vent quietly fills the Warrior slot in your party count whenever you need a body without spending a card.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Shambling Vent earns its slot as a land that converts dead mana into a threat — the lifelink body is relevant in longer games and it never gets hit by hand disruption. In Modern and Pioneer it sees niche play in midrange Orzhov and Soul Sisters shells where incremental lifegain compounds, though dedicated two-drop threats have largely pushed it out of primary roles. Legacy and Vintage have too much acceleration and interaction for a tapped land to justify the tempo loss except in the grindiest control builds. Pauper and Standard legality are off the table entirely.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Price data for Shambling Vent isn't currently available in this context, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the current market rate. Historically it's sat in the bulk-to-$1 range given its moderate competitive demand, making it an easy pickup if you're building Orzhov in any 60-card format or a lifegain-adjacent Commander deck.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Nalia de'Arnise
- Burakos, Party Leader // Folk Hero
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.