Country Roads
Land
This land enters tapped unless you control a Mount or Vehicle.
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, , Sacrifice this land: Create a 1/1 colorless Pilot creature token with "This token saddles Mounts and crews Vehicles as though its power were 2 greater." Activate only as a sorcery.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Aetherdrift
- Price
- $0.27
- EDHREC rank
- #8856
Country Roads enters tapped and crews vehicles — the whole point is that Kolodin, Triumph Caster wants a land that doubles as a crewed threat without spending a card slot on a creature. The cost is real: a tapped land on turn three or later is a tempo hit, so you only run it if your deck genuinely needs the redundancy on crew.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kolodin, Triumph Caster
Kolodin, Triumph Caster triggers off vehicles attacking, so Country Roads being a land that can crew itself keeps the engine running without diluting the creature count. Nearly 60% of Kolodin lists include it for exactly that reason.
Miles "Tails" Prower
Miles "Tails" Prower rewards piloting vehicles, and Country Roads gives him a free crew target that doesn't eat a creature slot. It's in nearly half of Tails lists because the land-slot opportunity cost is low relative to the value of a consistent vehicle on board.
Samut, the Driving Force
Samut, the Driving Force wants vehicles swinging every combat, and Country Roads provides crew redundancy without asking for a dedicated pilot creature. About a quarter of Samut lists include it as insurance when the creature board is thin.
Greasefang, Okiba Boss
Greasefang, Okiba Boss reanimates vehicles, and Country Roads gives the deck another artifact vehicle to pitch to the graveyard early and recur later. Just over 21% of Greasefang lists run it as a budget-friendly enabler.
Kotori, Pilot Prodigy
Kotori, Pilot Prodigy cares about piloted vehicles, and Country Roads slots in as a land that can serve as a crew target when no creature is available. Roughly 23% of Kotori lists include it to smooth out draws where pilots are missing.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Country Roads is legal across every major constructed format but barely registers outside Commander, where the vehicle subtype matters enough to justify a land slot. In Commander, it earns its place exclusively in vehicle-tribal lists — if your deck isn't built around crewing, it's a strictly worse tapped land. In 60-card formats like Modern or Pioneer, vehicle payoffs rarely justify a land that enters tapped and has no mana production upside, so competitive lists ignore it entirely. Legacy and Vintage have zero reason to touch it. Commander is the format where Country Roads is actually a real card.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.27 bulk tier
At $0.27, Country Roads is bulk — pick it up without thinking twice if your commander wants it. Bulk rares from niche sets don't typically climb unless a breakout commander drives demand, so don't expect it to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Kolodin, Triumph Caster
- Miles "Tails" Prower
- Samut, the Driving Force
- Greasefang, Okiba Boss
- Kotori, Pilot Prodigy
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.