Darkslick Shores
Land
This land enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands.
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- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Phyrexia: All Will Be One
- Price
- $1.59
- EDHREC rank
- #1352
Darkslick Shores enters untapped on turns one or two, which is the only thing that matters for a dual land — you get a real blue-black source without paying a life or jumping through hoops. The catch is a dead land if you draw it in the mid-game, which is why Gonti, Canny Acquisitor lists accept that downside without complaint: the deck's curve is front-loaded enough that a tapped land on turn six is already the worst case, not the average.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Gonti, Canny Acquisitor
Gonti, Canny Acquisitor runs a tight Dimir curve and wants every early land to enter untapped, making Darkslick Shores a near-automatic include — 41% of lists run it, and that number reflects how punishing a turn-one tapped land is when you're racing to cast Gonti ahead of schedule.
Francisco, Fowl Marauder // Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
Francisco, Fowl Marauder // Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator is a combat-step deck that lives and dies on sequencing, so untapped blue-black mana on turn one directly enables the kind of explosive early plays the partner pair needs; Darkslick Shores slots in as a no-questions-asked mana fixer for the pairing.
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, Darkslick Shores is a clean staple for any Dimir or three-color deck with blue and black — the occasional whiff on a late draw is trivial across a 100-card game, and the upside of an untapped dual land on turns one and two outweighs that risk decisively. In Modern and Pioneer, Darkslick Shores competes with Watery Grave and Polluted Delta, so it's a role-player for budget builds or as a third and fourth copy of the effect in lists that want to keep the life total intact. Legacy and Vintage have stronger options available, but Darkslick Shores is legal and occasionally sees play in shells that prioritize not losing life over raw fetchability.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.59 cheap tier
At $1.59, Darkslick Shores sits in the cheap tier — it's one of the most affordable untapped blue-black duals available, and that price reflects steady reprint availability rather than any weakness in the card itself. It holds casual and competitive value equally well; there's no meaningful budget alternative that does the same job.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Gonti, Canny Acquisitor
- Francisco, Fowl Marauder // Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.