Firewild Borderpost
Artifact
You may pay 
and return a basic land you control to its owner's hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
This artifact enters tapped.
: Add 
or 
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- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GR
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Alara Reborn
- Price
- $0.28
- EDHREC rank
- #17425
Firewild Borderpost enters untapped and taps for red or green, but the real cost is returning a basic land to your hand — making it a mana-neutral play at best, a tempo loss at worst. It's a niche piece for artifact-count strategies, not a generic ramp spell.
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 |
In Commander, Firewild Borderpost shows up almost exclusively in artifact-synergy decks that need a cheap, colorless-typed mana rock more than they need a land — think Breya or Sharuum shells counting artifacts for value. In Pauper, it sees occasional play in Boros or Gruul artifact builds where the common-slot artifact count matters for Metalcraft or similar payoffs. Legacy and Vintage have zero interest; the opportunity cost of returning a land is punishing when those formats demand efficiency from every slot. Firewild Borderpost is a build-around inclusion, not a format staple.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.28 bulk tier
At $0.28, Firewild Borderpost is deep bulk — easy to pick up in any trade binder or bulk bin. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to move unless a new artifact-synergy commander spikes its inclusion rate.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.