Contested Cliffs
Land
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, : Target Beast creature you control fights target creature an opponent controls. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GR
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander 2013
- Price
- $0.72
- EDHREC rank
- #9989
Contested Cliffs turns any Beast you control into a removal spell — tap the land, force a fight, kill a blocker or threat without spending a card. The cost is real: it enters tapped, it only works with Beasts, and commanders like Slinza, the Spiked Stampede who flood the board with them make it a staple rather than a niche inclusion.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Slinza, the Spiked Stampede
Slinza, the Spiked Stampede generates a steady stream of Beast tokens, which means Contested Cliffs is live almost every turn — tap, fight, kill, repeat without touching your hand.
Uril, the Miststalker
Uril, the Miststalker is itself a Beast, so Contested Cliffs gives a hexproof commander a way to pick off blockers before combat without ever requiring a second creature.
The Howling Abomination
The Howling Abomination cares about creature types and token generation, and Contested Cliffs slots in as cheap, repeatable interaction that demands no mana beyond the activation.
Marath, Will of the Wild
Marath, Will of the Wild can make Beast tokens through enablers in the 99, and Contested Cliffs turns those incidental bodies into a removal engine that scales with the token count.
Illuna, Apex of Wishes
Illuna, Apex of Wishes is a Beast itself, so Contested Cliffs provides a land-slot removal outlet that works the moment Illuna hits the table — no additional setup required.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Contested Cliffs is a Commander card — full stop. The Beast tribal restriction is too narrow for Legacy and Vintage, where the tempo loss of an enters-tapped land is harder to absorb and tribal synergies aren't the axis anyone is competing on. In Commander, where games go long, tribes get supported by an entire deck, and repeatable removal on a land is card-neutral by definition, Contested Cliffs earns its slot in any Beast-heavy shell. Oathbreaker follows the same logic at a smaller scale: if your planeswalker and signature spell are building around Beasts, the Cliffs is a free inclusion.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.72 bulk tier
At $0.72, Contested Cliffs is bulk — easy to pick up and easy to justify in any Beast tribal build without a second thought. Demand is niche enough that the price won't spike dramatically, so there's no urgency, but there's also no reason to wait if it fits your list.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.