Ipnu Rivulet
Land — Desert
: Add 
., Pay 1 life: Add 
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, , Sacrifice a Desert: Target player mills four cards. (They put the top four cards of their library into their graveyard.)
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart
- Price
- $0.32
- EDHREC rank
- #9236
Ipnu Rivulet mills four cards for two mana and a life point, all stapled to a land that produces blue mana for free — the cost is essentially nothing. In any deck built around milling opponents, this is an auto-include; Bruvac the Grandiloquent turns that four-card mill into eight, making the activated ability punch well above its price.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
Bruvac the Grandiloquent's passive doubles every mill trigger, so Ipnu Rivulet's four-card activation becomes eight — and because it's a land, it slots into the deck without consuming a spell slot or adding to the mana curve.
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, Ipnu Rivulet earns its slot in any mill-focused blue deck — the activation cost is trivial and the land slot opportunity cost is minimal. Competitive mill shells in Pioneer and Modern typically want faster, more concentrated mill payoffs, so Ipnu Rivulet shows up occasionally as a flex land but rarely as a core piece. Legacy and Vintage have access to more powerful options at every point on the curve, pushing it firmly to the fringe in those formats. For mill strategies in Commander specifically, it's one of the cleanest role-players available: it produces mana, it mills, and it asks almost nothing in return.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.32 bulk tier
At $0.32, Ipnu Rivulet sits firmly in bulk territory, which means picking up four copies costs less than a single draft pack. Bulk lands with niche utility tend to hold their floor — this one won't spike, but it also has no reason to drop further.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.