Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
Land // Land
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- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Zendikar Rising Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #745
Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway enters untapped, taps for blue or black on demand, and never costs you tempo — the only downside is that you lock in one color per turn and can't produce both on the same land. In any two-color shell running blue and black, including Francisco, Fowl Marauder // Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator, this is an automatic inclusion over a tapland.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Francisco, Fowl Marauder // Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
Francisco, Fowl Marauder // Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator is a turn-two commander that punishes any stumble on blue or black mana, and Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway guarantees the right color on curve without entering tapped. Nearly 39% of Francisco // Malcolm lists already run it, and the ones that don't are leaving consistency on the table.
Sygg, River Cutthroat
Sygg, River Cutthroat wants to hit two specific colors reliably from turn two onward, and Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway is one of the cleanest ways to do that — it's in a third of all Sygg lists precisely because the deck can't afford to miss a land drop in the early turns when it's trying to land the commander and start drawing.
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, Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway is a reliable budget dual for any blue-black deck — it enters untapped, which puts it ahead of every basic-fetching tapland, and the inability to produce both colors on the same turn is a negligible downside in a format with 40 life and slower games. In Modern and Pioneer, it slots into Dimir midrange and control shells as a dual that consistently supports a two-color curve without the fetch-shock overhead. Legacy has access to the full dual land suite, so Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway sees essentially no play there. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander use case closely — same logic applies.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't currently available for Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the current market rate. Historically it's been an affordable pickup given its widespread printing, and for what it does — an untapped blue-or-black source with zero conditions — it's worth buying at essentially any single-digit price.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Francisco, Fowl Marauder // Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
- Sygg, River Cutthroat
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.