Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
Land // Land
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- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Zendikar Rising
- Price
- $4.78
- EDHREC rank
- #739
Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway enters untapped and produces white or black on demand — that's the whole job, and it does it cleanly. The cost is permanent commitment: you pick a side when it enters and the other half is gone forever, so sequence carefully in two-color shells like Teysa, Orzhov Scion where early white for removal and late black for recursion can pull in opposite directions.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Teysa, Orzhov Scion
Teysa, Orzhov Scion runs a tight white-black mana base that needs every untapped dual it can get, and Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway delivers exactly that — no life payment, no enters-tapped tax, just clean mana on turn one to enable the sacrifice engine before opponents can establish a board.
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, Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway sits in the second tier of white-black duals — behind shock lands and fetch lands, ahead of everything that enters tapped. At 36 percent inclusion in Orzhov decks on EDHREC, it's earned its slot. In Pioneer and Modern, it competes directly with Godless Shrine, and the lack of a life payment is real upside in aggressive lists where every point matters; the downside is that it can't be fetched, which limits its ceiling in fetch-heavy builds. Legacy and Vintage rarely touch it — those formats have access to better options and the mana bases to support them. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander calculus: if you're in white-black, this is a straightforward inclusion.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$4.78 cheap tier
At $4.78, Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway sits at the cheap end of competitive untapped duals — you're paying roughly half what a Godless Shrine costs for a land that dodges the life payment entirely. It's a stable pickup; Pathway lands see consistent play across Commander, Pioneer, and Modern, so the price floor is unlikely to drop significantly.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.