Sunken Hollow
Land — Island Swamp
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This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander 2020
- Price
- $0.36
- EDHREC rank
- #86
Sunken Hollow enters untapped whenever you control two or more basics, which means it functions as a true dual land in the mid-to-late game where it matters most. The one-turn tax of entering tapped early is a real cost, but for any deck running blue and black — including Leonardo, the Balance // Michelangelo, the Heart — it's a staple, not a consideration.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Leonardo, the Balance // Michelangelo, the Heart
Leonardo, the Balance // Michelangelo, the Heart runs blue-black and wants every land to pull its weight from turn three onward — Sunken Hollow satisfies both colors without the life payment of a shock or the unconditional tap of a tapland.
Temmet, Naktamun's Will
Temmet, Naktamun's Will operates in blue-black and leans on consistent, untapped mana to push aggression on curve; Sunken Hollow reliably delivers both colors once the basics are in play.
Admiral Brass, Unsinkable
Admiral Brass, Unsinkable needs blue and black sources online fast to deploy pirates and trigger reanimation effects, and Sunken Hollow clears that bar without any life or mana investment beyond the land drop itself.
Sauron, Lord of the Rings
Sauron, Lord of the Rings runs a heavy blue-black shell where hitting double-colored costs early is critical, and Sunken Hollow provides that fixing while staying untapped through the mid-game.
The Wise Mothman
The Wise Mothman sits in the most-played segment of blue-black commanders, and at over 31,000 decks that inclusion rate reflects how reliably Sunken Hollow does its job across every build of the archetype.
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, Sunken Hollow is a stock inclusion for any blue-black deck that can reliably hit two basics — which describes the majority of two-color and three-color lists. In Modern and Pioneer, it competes with shock lands and fetch lands but still earns spots in decks that want to minimize life loss. Legacy and Vintage have access to true duals, so Sunken Hollow rarely makes the cut there outside strict budget builds. Pauper and Standard can't run it, but those formats don't define its value.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.36 bulk tier
At $0.36, Sunken Hollow is firmly bulk, and that price reflects supply more than power — it's a legitimate dual land in a format with 40 lands and limited budget constraints. It's not going to spike, but it also doesn't need to; you're buying it to play it, and at this price there's no reason not to.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Leonardo, the Balance // Michelangelo, the Heart
- Temmet, Naktamun's Will
- Admiral Brass, Unsinkable
- Sauron, Lord of the Rings
- The Wise Mothman
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.