Tainted Well
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant land
When this Aura enters, draw a card.
Enchanted land is a Swamp.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Invasion
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #24896
Tainted Well turns any basic land into a Swamp while putting a 1/1 flier on the board — three mana for a land upgrade and a body is reasonable utility. It's not exciting, but in black-splash or Swamp-matters builds it pulls real weight.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Tainted Well sees essentially zero play in Legacy or Vintage, where three mana for this effect is too slow to matter. Pauper is its most credible home outside Commander — the combination of fixing and a creature on one card has genuine value at common. In Commander, Tainted Well earns a slot in decks that count Swamps for effects like Cabal Coffers, Lashwrithe, or Urborg synergies, where the land subtype conversion does real work rather than just smoothing color.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Tainted Well is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. That price isn't going anywhere; it's a common with narrow appeal and no competitive demand to push it up.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.