---
name: "Steam Vents"
mana_cost: "N/A"
cmc: 0
type_line: "Land — Island Mountain"
colors: []
color_identity: ["R", "U"]
keywords: []
set: "SLD"
set_name: "Secret Lair Drop"
collector_number: "129"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "John Avon"
oracle_id: "17039058-822d-409f-938c-b727a366ba63"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/steam-vents-sld"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Steam Vents
- **Mana Cost:** `N/A` (CMC: 0)
- **Type:** Land — Island Mountain

## Oracle Text
({T}: Add {U} or {R}.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

> *Despite being abandoned for millennia, the Thran ironworks still occasionally sputter to life.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Volatile Fjord](/printing/volatile-fjord-khm.md) — Snow Land — Island Mountain
2. [Scorched Geyser](/printing/scorched-geyser-msc.md) — Land — Island Mountain
3. [Sulfur Vent](/printing/sulfur-vent-inv.md) — Land
4. [Stormcarved Coast](/printing/stormcarved-coast-dbl.md) — Land
5. [Molten Tributary](/printing/molten-tributary-dmu.md) — Land — Island Mountain
6. [Sacred Foundry](/printing/sacred-foundry-rvr.md) — Land — Mountain Plains

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #129
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** John Avon
- **Total Printings:** 63 across all historical editions

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