Branchloft Pathway // Boulderloft Pathway
Land // Land
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- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Zendikar Rising
- Price
- $3.24
- EDHREC rank
- #1126
Branchloft Pathway // Boulderloft Pathway enters untapped, gives you green or white on demand, and never costs you a life — that's the whole argument. The tradeoff is no basic land types and no ability to produce both colors, but for green-white decks like Emiel the Blessed that just need clean, painless fixing, it's a strict upgrade over taplands.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy

Emiel the Blessed
Emiel the Blessed runs a tight green-white mana base that wants every land entering untapped, and Branchloft Pathway // Boulderloft Pathway delivers exactly that — no drawback, no life payment, just the color you need the turn you need it.
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, Branchloft Pathway // Boulderloft Pathway earns its slot in any green-white or green-white-x deck that can afford to run untapped dual lands — it's a painless, consistent source of fixing in a format where tempo matters and life totals get pressured from multiple angles. In Pioneer and Modern, it's a staple in aggro and midrange shells that want their mana base clean and fast, though fetch-shock combinations outclass it in shell configurations that can afford the life loss for shuffle effects and land type synergies. Legacy and Vintage have access to better options essentially everywhere, so it sees minimal play there. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's calculus almost exactly — if you're in green-white, you run it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$3.24 cheap tier
At $3.24, Branchloft Pathway // Boulderloft Pathway sits at the affordable end of untapped dual lands — you're paying a small premium over basic lands but a fraction of what fetchlands or original dual lands cost. It holds value well because demand is broad and consistent across multiple formats, so this is a safe pickup for any green-white mana base.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.