Frontier Bivouac
Land
This land enters tapped.
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- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GRU
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Doctor Who
- Price
- $0.32
- EDHREC rank
- #387
Frontier Bivouac enters tapped, which is the real cost — but it pays for it by producing green, blue, and red, covering every pip a three-color Temur deck needs from a single land slot. For Ashling, the Limitless and any other commander that demands all three colors early, it earns its spot as a reliable if slow piece of the mana base.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ashling, the Limitless
Ashling, the Limitless runs four-color on paper but leans heavily on Temur pips to fuel her activated abilities, and Frontier Bivouac covers green, blue, and red in one slot — nearly her entire requirement from a single land.
The Swarmlord
The Swarmlord is a Temur commander with a green-heavy pip count, and Frontier Bivouac shows up in nearly three-quarters of its builds as a budget-stable way to guarantee all three colors without stretching the mana base.
Gimbal, Gremlin Prodigy
Gimbal, Gremlin Prodigy needs red and green to deploy its artifacts and blue to protect them, so Frontier Bivouac pulling all three colors from a single land is exactly the mana fixing the deck wants.
Averna, the Chaos Bloom
Averna, the Chaos Bloom cascades through the top of the library and needs every color of mana available to cast whatever it hits, making Frontier Bivouac a reliable piece of fixing in a deck that can't always predict what it's casting next.
Beluna Grandsquall
Beluna Grandsquall is a Temur adventure commander that frequently wants green for creatures, blue for interaction, and red for aggression on the same turn; Frontier Bivouac delivers all three at the cost of entering tapped.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Frontier Bivouac is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Standard, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but the only format where it sees real play is Commander. In 60-card competitive formats, the enters-tapped penalty is disqualifying — Temur three-color mana bases in Modern and Pioneer have access to fetch lands and shocks that produce untapped mana, making Frontier Bivouac strictly worse. Commander is where it earns its slot: the singleton rule means you can't run four copies of anything, and on a tight budget the Temur triome cycle fills in the gaps that Breeding Pool and Steam Vents leave behind. It's a role-player, not a staple, but in the format where it matters it does exactly its job.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.32 bulk tier
At $0.32, Frontier Bivouac is firmly bulk — you'll often find copies in dollar boxes or thrown in as trade filler. The price has been flat for years and will stay that way; three-color taplands at common rarity don't spike, so there's no urgency in picking it up and no risk in waiting.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Ashling, the Limitless
- The Swarmlord
- Gimbal, Gremlin Prodigy
- Averna, the Chaos Bloom
- Beluna Grandsquall
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.