Eroded Canyon
Land — Desert
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, it deals 1 damage to target opponent.
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- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RU
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction
- Price
- $0.32
- EDHREC rank
- #3481
Eroded Canyon enters untapped and produces black or red mana at the cost of 1 life — a real dual land that asks almost nothing in return. In Commander, that life payment is negligible, and Marchesa, Dealer of Death decks actively want the life-loss trigger on a land.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Marchesa, Dealer of Death
Marchesa, Dealer of Death rewards you for losing life, and Eroded Canyon turns every mana activation into a free trigger — it's one of the cleanest ways to drip life loss onto your own total without spending a card.
Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph
Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph runs Izzet colors and needs reliable access to both blue and red, but Eroded Canyon fills the red side of that equation while the 1-life rider fits comfortably into a deck that tends to win before life totals matter.
Niv-Mizzet, Visionary
Niv-Mizzet, Visionary operates in Grixis and needs consistent black and red sources, and Eroded Canyon delivers both without entering tapped — in a color identity this demanding, untapped duals at any price point earn their slot.
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 |
In Commander, Eroded Canyon is a straightforward role-player: untapped black-red fixing with a negligible life cost across a 40-life format. Competitive and midpower Grixis and Rakdos builds run it as a budget pain land that never slows you down on curve. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, it competes with fetchable duals and shock lands, so it mostly sees play in budget shells or fringe life-loss strategies. Pauper is where the card has the most direct competition from other common dual lands, so its inclusion there depends entirely on the color requirements of the specific list. Legacy and Vintage have better options at every turn, and Eroded Canyon doesn't see meaningful play in either.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.32 bulk tier
At $0.32, Eroded Canyon sits firmly in bulk territory — it's the kind of land you grab from a common box without thinking twice. Bulk dual lands at this price point don't appreciate meaningfully, but they also don't need to; the value is in what it does, not what it's worth.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.