Hallowed Fountain
Land — Plains Island
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As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Ravnica Allegiance Promos
- Price
- $14.66
- EDHREC rank
- #65
Hallowed Fountain enters untapped or tapped — your choice, paid with 2 life — and produces both blue and white mana without restriction. In a deck like Thrasios, Triton Hero // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful, where activating Thrasios on turn two can decide the game, that unconditional access to either color is worth the life payment every time.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Thrasios, Triton Hero // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful
Thrasios, Triton Hero // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful runs Hallowed Fountain because the deck demands blue mana early and white mana reliably, and any land that can provide both without entering tapped keeps the engine on schedule.
Derevi, Empyrial Tactician
Derevi, Empyrial Tactician needs white and blue available at the same time for both the commander cost and the flash-in trigger, and Hallowed Fountain is one of the cleanest ways to hold both open on any given turn.
Elsha of the Infinite
Elsha of the Infinite wants white and blue up simultaneously to cast and protect spells off the top, and Hallowed Fountain delivers that without the conditional restrictions of a tap-land.
Raffine, Scheming Seer
Raffine, Scheming Seer attacks on turn three and wants backup interaction up at the same time — Hallowed Fountain makes it easy to hold white for removal and blue for countermagic without splitting across two single-color sources.
Narset, Enlightened Master
Narset, Enlightened Master is a six-drop that needs consistent early color fixing across white and blue, and Hallowed Fountain fills that role without entering tapped and slowing the path to turn four or five development.
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 |
Hallowed Fountain is the defining blue-white dual across every format that allows it. In Commander, it sits at the top tier of dual lands for any Azorius, Esper, Bant, or four-to-five-color deck — untapped mana with full color flexibility is simply the baseline any competitive build wants. In Modern and Pioneer, Hallowed Fountain anchors control and tempo strategies where tapping out a land on turn one or two is an unacceptable cost. Legacy runs it less often because the original dual lands are unrestricted, but Hallowed Fountain still shows up where the fetch-shock mana base is appropriate. It's legal in Standard but rarely the card of choice there since the Standard card pool provides rotation-friendly alternatives. Across the board, the card's power is consistent — it just matters most in formats with higher land quality floors.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Glacial Fortress and Sejiri Refuge are the most common budget replacements for Hallowed Fountain — both produce white and blue, both cost under $1, and both enter tapped under conditions you can't always control. The real trade-off is that Hallowed Fountain's 2-life payment is a fixed cost you choose, while tapped lands impose a tempo penalty you don't get to opt out of; in a midrange or casual Commander build that trade is survivable, but in any deck trying to develop on a tight curve, the upgrade to Hallowed Fountain pays for itself quickly.
Price Context
Current price
$14.66 mid tier
At $14.66, Hallowed Fountain sits in the mid tier for Commander staples — expensive enough to feel like a deliberate purchase, but well within the range of a single slot upgrade that sees play in every deck it's legal in. It has been reprinted multiple times, which keeps the price from climbing higher, and that reprint history makes it a stable buy rather than a speculative one.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Thrasios, Triton Hero // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful
- Derevi, Empyrial Tactician
- Elsha of the Infinite
- Raffine, Scheming Seer
- Narset, Enlightened Master
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.