Crossroads Village
Land — Town
This land enters tapped. As it enters, choose a color.
: Add one mana of the chosen color.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Final Fantasy
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #3307
Crossroads Village enters tapped and produces colorless mana, but in The Wandering Minstrel decks it doubles as a consistent Food token generator whenever you cast a creature — turning every play into incidental life gain and sacrifice fodder. The enter-tapped cost is real, but the free upside stapled to a land slot makes it a near-automatic include in the shells that want it.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Wandering Minstrel
The Wandering Minstrel casts creatures constantly, and Crossroads Village converts each of those casts into a Food token without spending a card or a mana — that's free fuel for sacrifice outlets, life gain synergies, and the engine the deck is already trying to assemble.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Crossroads Village is legal everywhere, but it earns its slot almost exclusively in Commander. Constructed formats demand lands that enter untapped and do something powerful immediately — a colorless, enters-tapped land that makes Food tokens contingently just isn't competing with Modern or Pioneer staples. In Commander, the calculus flips: 100-card singleton lists reward density of on-theme utility, and a land that generates free artifacts for sacrifice or lifegain strategies without using a spell slot is genuinely strong. Outside of dedicated Food and creature-heavy Brawl builds, this card stays on the bench.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Crossroads Village is deep bulk — grab a copy out of any common box or bulk bin without a second thought. Bulk lands with narrow synergy profiles rarely spike, so there's no urgency and no risk; just pick it up when you need it.
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Sources
Mentioned
- The Wandering Minstrel
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.