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Stomping Ground
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Stomping Ground

Land — Mountain Forest

LegalEDHREC #68

({T}: Add {R} or {G}.)

As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Why is this card good?

Stomping Ground is a premium dual land for any Gruul (or Gruul-containing) deck, and its #68 EDHREC rank reflects how universally it slots in. The reason it's so strong is the combination of typing and flexibility: it's both a Mountain and a Forest, so it fetches with Wooded Foothills, Wood Elves, Skyshroud Claim, Farseek, and similar effects — turning your ramp into perfect fixing. The "pay 2 life or enter tapped" clause is the key strength. In Commander, where life totals start at 40, you almost always pay the life to keep tempo, but having the option to enter tapped when life-constrained (against aggressive or aristocrats decks) is genuinely useful. Play it in essentially any two-or-more-color deck with red and green. The only reason to skip it: budget concerns (it's pricey), or a mono-color deck where it does nothing extra over a basic. Otherwise it's a near-auto-include for consistent, untapped fixing.

Related cards

Cinder GladeRG

RG dual that enters untapped with two basics, same colors.

Wooded FoothillsC

Fetchland that can grab Stomping Ground or basics in RG.

Rootbound CragRG

RG check land entering untapped with a basic, same fixing role.

Sacred FoundryWR

Same Ravnica shockland cycle, pay 2 life to enter untapped.

Copperline GorgeRG

RG fast land untapped early, similar untapped dual.

Karplusan ForestRG

RG painland always untapped, flexible mana source.

TaigaRG

Original RG dual land, untapped with no drawback.

Fire-Lit ThicketRG

RG filter land for fixing in two-color decks.

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Rulings (2)

  • 2018-10-05

    Unlike most dual lands, this land has two basic land types. It's not basic, so cards such as District Guide can't find it, but it does have the appropriate land types for effects such as that of Drowned Catacomb (from the Ixalan set).

  • 2018-10-05

    If an effect puts this land onto the battlefield tapped, you may pay 2 life, but it still enters tapped.

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