Battlefield Forge
Land
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- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander
- Price
- $0.39
- EDHREC rank
- #123
Battlefield Forge enters untapped and produces red or white mana immediately — the one-life payment is trivially cheap in a format where you start at 40. At under $0.50, it's the cleanest dual available to any Boros, Mardu, or four-color-plus deck that touches red and white, and Ulalek, Fused Atrocity runs it at a 61% clip for exactly that reason.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ulalek, Fused Atrocity
Ulalek, Fused Atrocity demands every color on cue, and Battlefield Forge is one of the smoothest ways to deliver red or white without entering tapped — critical when Ulalek's copy trigger asks you to move fast.
Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER
Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER runs a Boros-adjacent gameplan that punishes stumbled mana development, and Battlefield Forge's unconditional untapped entry means it almost never slows the curve down.
Zurgo Stormrender
Zurgo Stormrender wants to attack early and often, so a land that produces red or white immediately without any condition is a natural fit — Battlefield Forge shows up in nearly three-quarters of Zurgo lists for that reason.
Terra, Herald of Hope
Terra, Herald of Hope operates in a multicolor space where flexible, untapped sources are at a premium, and Battlefield Forge reliably covers both the red and white pips Terra demands without eating a tempo-loss turn.
Éowyn, Shieldmaiden
Éowyn, Shieldmaiden needs to develop fast and hit combat-relevant thresholds early; Battlefield Forge's guaranteed untapped entry means one fewer land that could brick an opening hand in the crucial first three turns.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Battlefield Forge is a straightforward include for any deck in Boros, Mardu, or any four-to-five-color identity that touches red and white — untapped dual land slots are finite, and this one asks nothing beyond one life. In Pioneer and Modern, painlands generally sit behind fetchlands and shocklands in optimal builds, but Battlefield Forge earns its spot in budget shells or in decks where the life payment is functionally irrelevant. Legacy and Vintage have enough superior options that Battlefield Forge rarely sees play there. Across every format where it's legal, the card's value is the same: unconditional speed at a cost most strategies simply don't care about.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.39 bulk tier
At $0.39, Battlefield Forge is deep bulk — about as low as a card with this level of multiformat playability gets. Copies are widely available and the price is unlikely to move meaningfully given how many printings exist, so there's no reason to wait on picking it up.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.