Dimir Aqueduct
Land
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
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- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Commander 2011
- Price
- $0.32
- EDHREC rank
- #336
Dimir Aqueduct enters tapped and bounces a land back to your hand — that's a real cost — but in decks built around replaying lands, especially under Zimone and Dina, that bounce is the point, not the penalty. If your commander doesn't care about lands entering the battlefield repeatedly, cut it; if Zimone and Dina is your commander, this is close to mandatory.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Zimone and Dina
Zimone and Dina triggers on each land you play, and Dimir Aqueduct lets you replay the bounced land for an additional trigger the following turn, turning one land drop into a recursive engine that fuels Dina's life-drain ability.
Archelos, Lagoon Mystic
Archelos, Lagoon Mystic cares about permanents entering tapped or untapped, and Dimir Aqueduct enters tapped by design — every time it hits the battlefield, it's feeding Archelos, Lagoon Mystic's ability to slow opponents' permanents while your own enter untapped.
Aminatou, Veil Piercer
Aminatou, Veil Piercer rewards flickering and replaying permanents, and Dimir Aqueduct's bounce effect means the returned land is always available to re-enter and trigger any landfall or ETB effects Aminatou, Veil Piercer has set up.
Otrimi, the Ever-Playful
Otrimi, the Ever-Playful decks lean Sultai and often want reliable dual-colored fixing across black and blue, which Dimir Aqueduct provides, and the bounce synergizes with any landfall package the deck runs alongside Otrimi, the Ever-Playful's mutate strategy.
Obeka, Brute Chronologist
Obeka, Brute Chronologist decks run Grixis and need consistent early color fixing; Dimir Aqueduct covers blue-black reliably, and the tempo loss from entering tapped matters less in a deck that's already playing a long, turn-ending game around Obeka, Brute Chronologist's ability.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Dimir Aqueduct is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pauper, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its real home is Commander — the singleton format's demand for color fixing makes any entering-tapped dual a consideration, and the bounce effect goes from drawback to synergy in the right shell. In Pauper it's a legitimate budget dual that sees play in slower controlling builds where the tempo loss is acceptable. In Legacy and Vintage, the competition from fetchlands and true duals is too stiff for Dimir Aqueduct to see serious play outside very specific budget constraints. Modern has enough better options that it doesn't show up in competitive lists. If you're building a landfall or land-recursion Commander deck, this card earns its slot regardless of the format's overall ceiling.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Zimone and DinaBloodghastRetreat to CoralhelmDimir Aqueduct
Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers; Near-infinite death triggers; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite landfall triggers; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite sacrifice triggers; Put all lands from your hand and library onto the battlefield
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Kodama of the East TreeDimir AqueductScute Swarm
Infinite creature tokens; Infinite landfall triggers; Infinite ETB
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Kodama of the East TreeTireless ProvisionerDimir Aqueduct
Infinite colored mana; Infinite Food tokens; Infinite landfall triggers; Infinite lifegain; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite Treasure tokens
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Kodama of the East TreeDimir AqueductRampaging Baloths
Infinite creature tokens; Infinite ETB; Infinite landfall triggers
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Retreat to CoralhelmDimir AqueductSakura-Tribe Scout
Infinite landfall triggers
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Current price
$0.32 bulk tier
At $0.32, Dimir Aqueduct is firmly bulk — you'll find copies in nearly any trade binder or bulk bin at your local store. The price is stable and unlikely to move; it's been reprinted enough times that supply is deep, so pick up as many as you need without concern.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.