Is Misty Rainforest legal in Standard, Modern, and Commander?

Misty Rainforest is legal in: Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander. It is banned in: Historic.

Misty Rainforest

Q: What type of card is Misty Rainforest?

Misty Rainforest is a Land. Its oracle text reads: "{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Forest or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle."

Land

, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Forest or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Set Modern Horizons 2

Rarity Rare

Mana Value 0

Artist Shelly Wan

Collector # 250

Scryfall

Standard	Not legal
Pioneer	Not legal
Modern	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Vintage	Legal
Commander	Legal
Pauper	Not legal
Historic	Banned

Why Play Misty Rainforest

Fetch lands provide unparalleled mana fixing and deck thinning in multicolor strategies, making Misty Rainforest essential for any deck running blue and green. The ability to grab either basic land type at instant speed allows for perfect mana curves while reducing the number of lands left in your library for future draws. Beyond mana fixing, the sacrifice ability triggers landfall effects and fills your graveyard, making it valuable in strategies that care about lands entering the battlefield or having specific card types in the graveyard.

Format Notes

Misty Rainforest sees heavy play across Modern, Legacy, and Vintage as a cornerstone of competitive mana bases. Its ban in Historic demonstrates how powerful fetch lands can be in digital formats where shuffling isn't a concern. In Commander, it's particularly valuable in multicolor decks that need consistent mana while also supporting graveyard-based strategies, making it a staple in both casual and competitive pods.

Combos & Synergies

Landfall creatures like Lotus Cobra and Scute Swarm benefit tremendously from fetch lands providing two separate landfall triggers in a single turn. Crucible of Worlds creates a powerful engine by allowing you to replay Misty Rainforest repeatedly for continuous landfall triggers and deck thinning. The card also enables delirium for Tarmogoyf and other threshold effects by putting a land card directly into your graveyard when sacrificed.