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Scalding Tarn
Scalding Tarn appeared in 3,804 MTGO Challenge Top-8 decks over the past 12 months, averaging 1.8 copies per deck. Its current TCGplayer price is $72.67.
Oracle Text
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for an Island or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.Format Legality
Competitive Play by Format
Top 8 decklists that played Scalding Tarn, by format.
| Format | Decks 30d | Avg 30d | Decks 12mo | Avg 12mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modern | 107 | 2.1 | 1424 | 2.4 |
| Duel Commander | 9 | 1 | 937 | 1 |
| Legacy | 80 | 2 | 829 | 2.1 |
| Vintage | 42 | 1.4 | 614 | 1.3 |
Details
- Set
- Special Guests
- Rarity
- Mythic Rare
- Mana value
- 0
- Collector #
- 112
Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Scalding Tarn
Final: 8 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (11)
- 1 Demonic Tutor
$59.27
6.02 tix - 1 Merchant Scroll
$4.58
2.72 tix - 1 Time Walk
$498.49
5.92 tix
- 1 Balance
$1.11
0.20 tix - 1 Yawgmoth's Will
$44.00
1.63 tix - 1 Timetwister
$780.68
8.27 tix
- 1 Tinker
$1.00
2.38 tix
- 1 Treasure Cruise
$0.26
0.01 tix - 1 Thoughtseize
$6.92
1.60 tix
- 1 Preordain
$0.45
0.01 tix
- 1 Gitaxian Probe
$3.85
0.01 tix
Instants (10)
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.39
19.78 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix - 1 Dig Through Time
$0.23
0.02 tix - 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.00 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.21
0.73 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.50 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.03
0.02 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.12
0.05 tix
Artifacts (14)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
47.23 tix - 1 Chrome Mox
$38.87
1.82 tix
- 1 Lotus Petal
$35.42
17.68 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.15
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
11.84 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
20.53 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
13.72 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
9.57 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
30.33 tix
- 1 Manifold Key
$1.46
0.03 tix
- 1 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.57
1.35 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.06
0.02 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.91 tix
- 1 Bolas's Citadel
$10.22
0.02 tix
Lands (16)
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.34 2.36 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.62 1.93 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$34.88 1.62 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.45 2.51 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.29 3.62 tix
- 1 Tolarian Academy$177.89 2.85 tix
- 2 Tundra$278.32 14.76 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 13.86 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.37 12.45 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Archive Trap
$1.07
0.38 tix
- 1 Archon of Absolution
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Fatal Push
$0.41
0.02 tix
- 1 Lutri, the Spellchaser
$0.58
0.02 tix - 1 Meddling Mage
$2.32
0.46 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$113.70
9.21 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Portal to Phyrexia
$33.39
1.04 tix - 1 Stony Silence
$0.72
0.02 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.45
5.97 tix - 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.09 tix
- 1 Vanishing Verse
$0.25
0.03 tix
- 1 Virtue's Ruin
$0.22
2.45 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (19)
- 1 Brain Freeze
$2.65
0.02 tix
- 1 Daze
$0.94
0.02 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.64
1.57 tix
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.39
19.78 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.74
0.02 tix - 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.00 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.21
0.73 tix
- 2 Consider
$0.27
0.01 tix
- 3 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.50 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.03
0.02 tix
Artifacts (12)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
47.23 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.15
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
11.84 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
20.53 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
13.72 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
9.57 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
30.33 tix
- 1 Manifold Key
$1.46
0.03 tix
- 1 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.57
1.35 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$1.06
0.02 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.91 tix
- 1 Bolas's Citadel
$10.22
0.02 tix
Enchantments (2)
Lands (17)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.34 2.36 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$34.88 1.62 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.45 2.51 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.29 3.62 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.29 3.62 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 14.76 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 13.86 tix
- 4 Urza's Saga$35.37 12.45 tix
- 3 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.18 tix
Sideboard
- 1 By Force
$0.28
0.03 tix - 1 Dress Down
$0.37
1.05 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.11
0.24 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.64
1.57 tix
- 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.74
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.87 tix
- 3 Ravenous Trap
$0.35
0.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.45
5.97 tix
- 2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.09 tix
- 1 Toxic Deluge
$3.28
0.03 tix
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (19)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (20)
Lands (22)
- 1 Darkslick Shores$2.03 0.02 tix
- 4 Field of Ruin$0.20 0.03 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea$4.81 0.02 tix
- 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds$16.83 0.03 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$26.60 1.89 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$19.45 2.51 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.29 3.62 tix
- 1 Shelldock Isle$2.36 0.02 tix
- 3 Snow-Covered Island$1.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp$0.62 0.01 tix
- 1 Swamp$0.09 0.01 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.26 0.02 tix
- 1 Watery Grave$9.26 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Crypt Incursion
$0.32
0.03 tix
- 1 Eliminate
$0.17
0.03 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.84
4.16 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.84
4.16 tix
- 2 Ensnaring Bridge
$6.64
4.28 tix
- 3 Extirpate
$1.22
0.02 tix
- 2 Ghost Quarter$0.43 0.02 tix
- 1 Go for the Throat
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 2 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.21
0.02 tix
- 1 The Stone Brain
$0.43
1.10 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (3)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Sorceries (7)
Instants (8)
Enchantments (8)
Planeswalkers (7)
Lands (24)
- 4 Arid Mesa$29.67 3.21 tix
- 4 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 2.20 tix
- 4 Dwarven Mine$0.20 0.03 tix
- 1 Jetmir's Garden$16.92 0.14 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.07 0.01 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$10.19 0.19 tix
- 1 Savai Triome$20.22 0.08 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.29 3.62 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.64 0.16 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$7.10 0.03 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$16.55 2.73 tix
- 1 Xander's Lounge$13.33 0.06 tix
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (30)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.34 2.36 tix
- 1 Karakas$15.62 1.93 tix
- 4 Misty Rainforest$34.88 1.62 tix
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary$0.95 0.01 tix
- 4 Polluted Delta$19.45 2.51 tix
- 2 Savannah$195.82 4.87 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.29 3.62 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$275.00 10.34 tix
- 4 Tundra$278.32 14.76 tix
- 2 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.18 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.63 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.48
16.66 tix
- 2 Carpet of Flowers
$1.56
5.17 tix - 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.50 tix
- 2 Force of Vigor
$4.88
3.00 tix
- 1 Hydroblast
$1.66
16.67 tix
- 2 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.87 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$3.38
17.03 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.45
5.97 tix
- 1 Turn the Earth
$0.26
0.03 tix
- 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.28
0.02 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (10)
Planeswalkers (10)
Lands (24)
- 1 Arid Mesa$29.67 3.21 tix
- 2 Celestial Colonnade$0.36 0.02 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.34 2.36 tix
- 1 Glacial Fortress$0.27 0.02 tix
- 1 Hall of Storm Giants$0.44 0.02 tix
- 2 Hallowed Fountain$6.97 0.06 tix
- 2 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$26.60 1.89 tix
- 1 Plains$0.05 0.01 tix
- 2 Raugrin Triome$15.39 0.13 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$10.19 0.19 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.29 3.62 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$11.64 0.16 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 2 Blossoming Calm
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
1.05 tix
- 1 Engineered Explosives
$4.84
4.16 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.50 tix
- 1 Kaheera, the Orphanguard
$0.85
0.02 tix - 1 Path to Exile
$1.06
0.02 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.63
0.28 tix
- 1 Shark Typhoon
$1.52
0.06 tix - 1 Subtlety
$15.60
8.00 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.24
4.22 tix
Final: 3 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (24)
- 1 Arid Mesa$29.67 3.21 tix
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$49.28 10.71 tix
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.28 0.02 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.34 2.36 tix
- 1 Forest$0.09 0.01 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$34.88 1.62 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.07 0.01 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$10.19 0.19 tix
- 1 Savai Triome$20.22 0.08 tix
- 4 Scalding Tarn$38.29 3.62 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$7.10 0.03 tix
- 1 Temple Garden$7.53 0.02 tix
- 4 Wooded Foothills$16.55 2.73 tix
- 1 Xander's Lounge$13.33 0.06 tix
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Sorceries (8)
Instants (9)
Enchantments (8)
Lands (24)
- 4 Arid Mesa$29.67 3.21 tix
- 1 Blood Crypt$9.40 0.02 tix
- 4 Bloodstained Mire$14.22 2.20 tix
- 4 Dwarven Mine$0.20 0.03 tix
- 1 Jetmir's Garden$16.92 0.14 tix
- 1 Mountain$0.07 0.01 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$10.19 0.19 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.29 3.62 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.29 3.62 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.64 0.16 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$7.10 0.03 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$16.55 2.73 tix
- 1 Xander's Lounge$13.33 0.06 tix
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Alpine Moon
$0.25
0.02 tix
- 1 Blue Elemental Blast
$1.48
16.66 tix
- 2 Force of Negation
$50.39
19.78 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.11
0.24 tix
- 1 Meltdown
$0.20
0.50 tix
- 4 Red Elemental Blast
$3.38
17.03 tix
- 1 Snuff Out
$6.01
10.62 tix
- 1 Submerge
$3.78
4.51 tix - 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.45
5.97 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (19)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Sorceries (11)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (19)
Lands (19)
- 1 Fiery Islet$3.94 7.80 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.34 2.36 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$34.88 1.62 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$34.88 1.62 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$26.60 1.89 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$19.45 2.51 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.29 3.62 tix
- 3 Snow-Covered Island$1.05 0.01 tix
- 4 Spirebluff Canal$4.91 0.58 tix
- 3 Steam Vents$11.64 0.16 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.81
1.18 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
1.05 tix
- 3 Engineered Explosives
$4.84
4.16 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.50 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.50 tix
- 1 Fury
$0.63
0.70 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
$8.38
3.62 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$15.60
8.00 tix
- 2 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.33
0.25 tix
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Instants (18)
Lands (19)
- 1 Fiery Islet$3.94 7.80 tix
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.34 2.36 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$34.88 1.62 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$26.60 1.89 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.45 2.51 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.29 3.62 tix
- 3 Snow-Covered Island$1.05 0.01 tix
- 4 Spirebluff Canal$4.91 0.58 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$11.64 0.16 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.64 0.16 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.81
1.18 tix
- 1 Blood Moon
$6.81
1.18 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
1.05 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.84
4.16 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.50 tix
- 1 Fury
$0.63
0.70 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 1 Orvar, the All-Form
$2.21
0.31 tix
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
$8.38
3.62 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$15.60
8.00 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.33
0.25 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (11)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (22)
- 2 Arid Mesa$29.67 3.21 tix
- 1 Breeding Pool$9.28 0.02 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.34 2.36 tix
- 1 Hallowed Fountain$6.97 0.06 tix
- 2 Misty Rainforest$34.88 1.62 tix
- 1 Raffine's Tower$13.45 0.17 tix
- 1 Sacred Foundry$10.19 0.19 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.29 3.62 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest$0.81 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Island$1.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.51 0.01 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Plains$0.36 0.01 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.64 0.16 tix
- 1 Stomping Ground$7.10 0.03 tix
- 3 Windswept Heath$10.84 0.87 tix
- 1 Wooded Foothills$16.55 2.73 tix
- 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground$10.54 0.06 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Blossoming Calm
$0.21
0.03 tix
- 2 Boseiju, Who Endures$49.28 10.71 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.84
4.16 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.50 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.50 tix
- 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring
$0.30
0.02 tix - 3 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.95
0.03 tix
- 2 Orvar, the All-Form
$2.21
0.31 tix
- 2 Veil of Summer
$3.27
0.02 tix
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Instants (19)
Lands (19)
- 1 Fiery Islet$3.94 7.80 tix
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.34 2.36 tix
- 3 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$34.88 1.62 tix
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City$26.60 1.89 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.45 2.51 tix
- 1 Scalding Tarn$38.29 3.62 tix
- 4 Spirebluff Canal$4.91 0.58 tix
- 2 Steam Vents$11.64 0.16 tix
- 1 Steam Vents$11.64 0.16 tix
Sideboard
- 1 Abrade
$0.16
0.03 tix
- 2 Blood Moon
$6.81
1.18 tix
- 1 Brotherhood's End
$1.11
2.58 tix
- 2 Dress Down
$0.37
1.05 tix
- 2 Engineered Explosives
$4.84
4.16 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.50 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.50 tix
- 1 Fury
$0.63
0.70 tix
- 1 Mystical Dispute
$0.44
0.02 tix
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
$8.38
3.62 tix
- 1 Subtlety
$15.60
8.00 tix
- 1 Unlicensed Hearse
$0.33
0.25 tix
Final: 7 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Sorceries (8)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (8)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures$49.28 10.71 tix
- 1 Flooded Strand$11.34 2.36 tix
- 4 Forbidden Orchard$9.57 0.02 tix
- 1 Misty Rainforest$34.88 1.62 tix
- 1 Polluted Delta$19.45 2.51 tix
- 2 Scalding Tarn$38.29 3.62 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.38 tix
- 3 Tropical Island$275.00 10.34 tix
- 2 Underground Sea$393.31 13.86 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 14.18 tix
- 2 Wasteland$8.63 0.02 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Dismember
$2.79
4.10 tix
- 4 Force of Vigor
$4.88
3.00 tix
- 1 Nature's Claim
$0.52
0.01 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$113.70
9.21 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.37
0.02 tix
- 1 Portal to Phyrexia
$33.39
1.04 tix
- 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
$0.24
0.02 tix
- 2 Surgical Extraction
$1.45
5.97 tix
- 1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale$2899.99 11.09 tix
- 1 Tinker
$1.00
2.38 tix
Final: 2 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (6)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (21)
- 1 Force of Negation
$50.39
19.78 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.65 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.57
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.23
0.02 tix
- 4 Dark Ritual
$3.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Demonic Consultation
$7.35
0.95 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.00 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.21
0.73 tix
- 4 Flusterstorm
$6.37
1.50 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 1 Mental Misstep
$8.03
0.02 tix
