Interplanar Beacon
Land
Whenever you cast a planeswalker spell, you gain 1 life.
: Add 
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, : Add two mana of different colors. Spend this mana only to cast planeswalker spells.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #4292
Interplanar Beacon enters untapped and produces any color of mana — as long as you control a planeswalker, which in Commodore Guff decks is a condition you meet from turn two onward. The cost is exactly nothing if your deck is built right: run a planeswalker-dense list and this is a free dual land.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Commodore Guff
Commodore Guff runs so many planeswalkers that Interplanar Beacon is effectively an untapped five-color land for the entire game, fueling the pip-heavy walkers in his 99 without skipping a beat.
Carth the Lion
Carth the Lion's gameplan demands a walker on board at all times, so Interplanar Beacon almost never enters tapped — and the green-black color identity means reliable fixing is genuinely hard to come by.
Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh
Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh flips into a planeswalker herself, satisfying Interplanar Beacon's condition as early as turn three and keeping it active through the whole game.
Nicol Bolas, the Ravager
Nicol Bolas, the Ravager decks lean hard on planeswalkers as win conditions, and Interplanar Beacon pulls its weight as untapped fixing across a demanding Grixis mana base.
Esika, God of the Tree
Esika, God of the Tree superfriends lists run enough walkers that Interplanar Beacon is reliably active, and five-color fixing at no mana cost is always welcome in a greedy mana base.
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 |
Interplanar Beacon is a Commander card — full stop. In a 100-card singleton format built around a legendary creature or planeswalker, the condition of controlling a planeswalker is trivially met in any superfriends build, and untapped five-color fixing for zero cost is a premium effect. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer it's essentially unplayable: planeswalker-centric decks are rare, the condition fails on turn one, and there are far better dual lands available. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a conditional utility land when fetchlands and dual lands exist. Oathbreaker is the one 60-card format where Interplanar Beacon earns a slot — your signature spell guarantees a planeswalker in the command zone, so the land enters untapped every single game.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Interplanar Beacon is bulk — pick up as many copies as you need without a second thought. Bulk rares with narrow homes rarely appreciate, so this is a spend-it-now card, not a hold.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Commodore Guff
- Carth the Lion
- Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh
- Nicol Bolas, the Ravager
- Esika, God of the Tree
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.