Frontier Guide
Creature — Elf Scout
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: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Zendikar
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #14389
Frontier Guide tutors any basic land directly onto the battlefield, tapped — the effect is real, but the three-mana activation on a two-mana body makes it one of the slower ramp options in green. It earns its slot almost exclusively in Agatha of the Vile Cauldron decks, where exiling it turns every creature with a counter into a land-fetching engine.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Agatha of the Vile Cauldron
Agatha of the Vile Cauldron exiles Frontier Guide to spread its tap ability across every creature carrying a +1/+1 counter, converting a mediocre ramp creature into a repeatable land engine that scales with board width.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Frontier Guide is a niche inclusion — the three-mana activation competes poorly against Cultivate or Kodama's Reach, but it shines in counter-synergy builds where Agatha of the Vile Cauldron or similar commanders exploit its tap ability at scale. In Legacy, Modern, and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant; no competitive deck wants a slow, incremental land fetcher when faster alternatives exist. Frontier Guide is essentially a Commander-only card in practice, and even there it belongs in a specific engine rather than as general ramp.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Frontier Guide is deep bulk — you'll find it in a common box or pick it up as throw-in with any order. There's no reason to expect price movement given how narrow its competitive application is, but at this price the bar to try it is nonexistent.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.