Hinterland Harbor
Land
This land enters tapped unless you control a Forest or an Island.
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- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GU
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Commander
- Price
- $0.32
- EDHREC rank
- #100
Hinterland Harbor enters untapped whenever you control a Forest or Island, which in any green-blue shell means it's a dual land that costs nothing in tempo. The one deck where it occasionally stumbles is Leonardo, the Balance // Michelangelo, the Heart, where a slow early draw without basics can strand it tapped — but that's the edge case, not the rule.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Leonardo, the Balance // Michelangelo, the Heart
Leonardo, the Balance // Michelangelo, the Heart runs a blue-green engine that wants untapped mana on turns two and three to deploy its artifact and creature synergies on curve, and Hinterland Harbor delivers that without eating a slot on a more expensive fixing option.
Ureni of the Unwritten
Ureni of the Unwritten operates in a Simic shell that needs clean early mana to set up its graveyard and reanimation lines, and Hinterland Harbor is one of the cheapest dual lands that checks in untapped reliably in that color pair.
Saheeli, Radiant Creator
Saheeli, Radiant Creator builds toward artifact-heavy Simic combos that demand two-color access without tempo loss, and Hinterland Harbor fills that role at virtually no acquisition cost.
Tidus, Yuna's Guardian
Tidus, Yuna's Guardian plays a tempo-forward blue-green gameplan where every tapped land early is a missed threat, making Hinterland Harbor a natural include to keep the curve smooth.
Galadriel, Elven-Queen
Galadriel, Elven-Queen runs a Forest-dense green-blue build that almost always satisfies Hinterland Harbor's check-land condition by turn two, making it functionally equivalent to a pain-free dual in that specific shell.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Hinterland Harbor is a default include in any blue-green or three-color deck that splashes those colors — the check-land condition is trivially met once you're running a reasonable basic count, and untapped dual lands at this price point are scarce. In Modern and Pioneer, it competes with fetch-shock infrastructure, so it slots into budget builds or sideboards as a clean dual without life loss, though the conditional nature makes it worse in aggressive openers that lack basics. Legacy and Vintage have access to strictly stronger options, and Hinterland Harbor sees essentially no play there. The short version: this card is built for Commander and budget-conscious 60-card formats, and it earns its slot in both.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.32 bulk tier
At $0.32, Hinterland Harbor sits firmly in bulk territory — it's been reprinted enough times to keep the floor low, and there's no realistic pressure pushing that price up. Pick up copies freely; the value is in what it does on the table, not what it does in a binder.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Leonardo, the Balance // Michelangelo, the Heart
- Ureni of the Unwritten
- Saheeli, Radiant Creator
- Tidus, Yuna's Guardian
- Galadriel, Elven-Queen
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.