---
name: "Lake of the Dead"
mana_cost: "N/A"
cmc: 0
type_line: "Land"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "VMA"
set_name: "Vintage Masters"
collector_number: "302"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Eytan Zana"
oracle_id: "bdf476e5-1d57-4b17-b45b-d52fd75aadeb"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/lake-of-the-dead-vma"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Lake of the Dead
- **Mana Cost:** `N/A` (CMC: 0)
- **Type:** Land

## Oracle Text
If this land would enter, sacrifice a Swamp instead. If you do, put this land onto the battlefield. If you don't, put it into its owner's graveyard.
{T}: Add {B}.
{T}, Sacrifice a Swamp: Add {B}{B}{B}{B}.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Everglades](/printing/everglades-c14.md) — Land
2. [Blighted Fen](/printing/blighted-fen-bfz.md) — Land
3. [Rain of Filth](/printing/rain-of-filth-usg.md) — Instant
4. [Bog Wreckage](/printing/bog-wreckage-ody.md) — Land
5. [Scorched Ruins](/printing/scorched-ruins-wth.md) — Land
6. [Bloodstained Mire](/printing/bloodstained-mire-mh3.md) — Land

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Vintage Masters (VMA) #302
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Eytan Zana

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`

## Official Rulings
- *(2004-10-04)* You have to sacrifice a swamp before this card is put onto the battlefield. And you have to do this no matter how it is put onto the battlefield.
- *(2004-10-04)* The tap and sacrifice counts as tapping the land for mana.