Avishkar Raceway
Land
Start your engines! (If you have no speed, it starts at 1. It increases once on each of your turns when an opponent loses life. Max speed is 4.)
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- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Aetherdrift
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #4133
Avishkar Raceway drops a land that hands every creature you control haste, which is the kind of static effect that warps combat math the moment it enters. The cost is a colorless land slot, so you're paying zero mana for upside that Samut, the Driving Force would otherwise need to supply herself.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Samut, the Driving Force
Samut, the Driving Force already wants every creature swinging immediately, and Avishkar Raceway doubles down on that gameplan with no mana investment — 73% of Samut decks run it because the redundancy is essentially free.
Vnwxt, Verbose Host
Vnwxt, Verbose Host rewards flooding the board with creatures on your turn, and Avishkar Raceway ensures every new arrival attacks without waiting — nearly half of all Vnwxt decks treat it as a no-brainer inclusion.
Mendicant Core, Guidelight
Mendicant Core, Guidelight cares about creatures entering and acting immediately, and Avishkar Raceway plugs that gap at the cost of a single land slot.
Kolodin, Triumph Caster
Kolodin, Triumph Caster wants threats online the turn they resolve, and Avishkar Raceway handles that without tapping a mana — about 22% of Kolodin builds include it for exactly that reason.
Captain Howler, Sea Scourge
Captain Howler, Sea Scourge wants its creatures aggressive from the moment they hit the battlefield, and Avishkar Raceway provides global haste without pulling a spell slot to do it.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Avishkar Raceway earns its land slot in any deck that wants to attack — global haste on a land is a meaningful effect that costs nothing beyond the slot itself. Competitive non-rotating formats like Legacy and Modern already have access to Swiftfoot Boots and Hall of the Bandit Lord, so Avishkar Raceway doesn't crack those metagames. In Standard and Pioneer, it's a reasonable inclusion in any aggressive creature strategy that can afford a colorless land, though it competes with utility lands that produce colored mana. Pauper has it at common legality, but the format's best aggro decks are usually too color-hungry to accept a colorless source for a conditional effect. Commander is where it does its best work — the mana cost is zero, and the payoff scales with board width.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Avishkar Raceway is deep bulk — you'll find it in any common bin or as a throw-in. Bulk lands with meaningful effects like this don't tend to spike, so there's no urgency in acquiring it, but there's also no reason to pay more than a dime.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Samut, the Driving Force
- Vnwxt, Verbose Host
- Mendicant Core, Guidelight
- Kolodin, Triumph Caster
- Captain Howler, Sea Scourge
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.