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Izzet Boilerworks

Land

This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
{T}: Add {U}{R}.

CMC
0
Mana cost
Color identity
RU
Rarity
common
Set
The List
Price
$0.28
EDHREC rank
#385
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Izzet Boilerworks card art
Izzet Boilerworks enters tapped and bounces a land — that's a real cost — but it produces two mana of either color and fuels combo engines that care about lands entering play, most notably Kodama of the East Tree and Averna, the Chaos Bloom. In those decks the bounce is a feature, not a bug; everywhere else it's a budget dual that slows you down one turn.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Averna, the Chaos Bloom

Averna, the Chaos Bloom

42.8% of decks · synergy 0.30

Averna, the Chaos Bloom cascades lands into play for free, and Izzet Boilerworks counts as one of those lands — meaning the bounce trigger can return another land to hand and chain into further cascade value.

02
Obeka, Brute Chronologist

Obeka, Brute Chronologist

37.3% of decks · synergy 0.26

Obeka, Brute Chronologist runs a high density of bounce lands to repeatedly trigger 'at the beginning of your end step' effects, and Izzet Boilerworks slots in as one of the cheapest ways to pad that count.

03
Satya, Aetherflux Genius

Satya, Aetherflux Genius

36.5% of decks · synergy 0.25

Satya, Aetherflux Genius creates token copies of artifacts and creatures, and Izzet Boilerworks supports the blue-red mana base at near-zero budget cost while synergizing with landfall and enters-play triggers the deck already wants.

04
Gavi, Nest Warden

Gavi, Nest Warden

36.1% of decks · synergy 0.24

Gavi, Nest Warden plays in Jeskai and leans on cheap cyclers, making Izzet Boilerworks an accessible blue-red source that also enables landfall payoffs without straining the mana budget.

05
Mishra, Eminent One

Mishra, Eminent One

34.3% of decks · synergy 0.23

Mishra, Eminent One is an artifact-centric Izzet commander, and Izzet Boilerworks fills color requirements while doubling as a land that can be bounced and replayed to squeeze extra enters-play triggers from supporting pieces.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

Izzet Boilerworks sees almost no play in Legacy, Vintage, or Modern, where the enters-tapped penalty is disqualifying and dual lands without that drawback are readily available. Pauper is where it shows up competitively — common bounce lands are a legitimate mana-fixing strategy there, and the format rewards squeezing two colors off one card at minimal expense. Commander is its true home: the bounce trigger feeds landfall commanders, cascade triggers, and enters-play synergies in a way that turns the downside into upside, and the color fixing is relevant in any Izzet, Grixis, Jeskai, or four-color build on a tight budget.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.28 bulk tier

At $0.28, Izzet Boilerworks is bulk — you're picking it up in a trade binder or tossing it in a cart filler order. It's been printed enough times to stay at this price floor indefinitely, so there's no timing consideration; just grab one when you need it.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.