Scalding Tarn
Scalding Tarn: Land, Modern Horizons 2. MTG card details, printings, market prices, official rulings, and format legality, all in one place on Mana Grove.
- Mana value
- 0
- Type
- Land
- Colour identity
- Colourless
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Modern Horizons 2 (MH2)
- Released
- 2021-06-18
- Collector number
- 254
- Artist
- Philip Straub
- Commander rank
- 49 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Scalding Tarn
Scalding Tarn is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare colourless land from Modern Horizons 2 (MH2), a draft-focused set released in June 2021. It is collector number 254 in that set, with art by Philip Straub. As a land, it has no mana cost. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH, Brawl, Timeless and Gladiator. It is banned in Historic. It has been printed in 9 sets, from Zendikar (2009) to Special Guests (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $36.25 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for an Island or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $36.25 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Scalding Tarn by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Banned |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Scalding Tarn
Scalding Tarn has been printed in 9 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Special Guests (SPG) #112 | Mythic | 2025 |
| Special Guests (SPG) #117 | Mythic | 2025 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #91401 | Rare | 2021 |
| Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) #439 | Rare | 2021 |
| Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) #478 | Rare | 2021 |
| Modern Horizons 2 Promos (PMH2) #254s | Rare | 2021 |
| Zendikar Rising Expeditions (ZNE) #7 | Mythic | 2020 |
| Secret Lair: Ultimate Edition (SLU) #2 | Rare | 2020 |
| Modern Masters 2017 (MM3) #244 | Rare | 2017 |
| Zendikar Expeditions (EXP) #22 | Mythic | 2015 |
| Zendikar (ZEN) #223 | Rare | 2009 |
Similar cards
Other land cards with no colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.