Tangled Islet
SOC · common · Released 2026-04-24
Power
brawl
tier-2Strong staple
commander
tier-2Strong staple
Tier shown as baseline → best-case (in its ideal shell).
Rated by land rule (tapped-dual cycle).
Commander Bracket
1Precon2Core3Upgraded4Optimized5cEDH
Archetypes
positive:
No signature archetypes.
negative:
No active conflicts.
Roles
mana-fixing
Risks
—
Mechanics
—
Typal
synergy:
—
anti:
—
Structural
mana-ability
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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