Tangled Islet
SOC · common · Released 2026-04-24
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Rated by land rule (tapped-dual cycle).
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Rationale
A dual-typed Forest Island that taps for G or U but enters tapped unconditionally. Useful fixing for Simic (G/U) decks, especially in formats with basic land-type synergies (fetch lands, Farseek, etc.), but the enters-tapped penalty makes it inferior to untapped duals at higher power levels. Brackets 4–5 prefer untapped fixing exclusively.
Learnings (2)
Tangled Islet has the Forest and Island subtypes, making it fetchable by cards like Farseek and Sylvan Scrying, and tappable by cards like Utopia Sprawl or Wild Growth that target Forests.
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Because it has both basic land types, it counts as a Forest for cards like Elvish Reclaimer and as an Island for cards like Brainstorm-land-shuffle lines, giving it hidden utility beyond simple fixing.
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Popularity
- EDHREC rank: #1,284
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