Leyline of the Guildpact
Enchantment
If this card is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield.
Each nonland permanent you control is all colors.
Lands you control are every basic land type in addition to their other types.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BGRUW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor
- Price
- $4.56
- EDHREC rank
- #1683
Leyline of the Guildpact makes every land you control all basic land types simultaneously, which is the kind of effect that either does nothing or wins the game on the spot — Coalition Victory becomes a one-card win condition the moment this is on the board, and Go-Shintai of Life's Origin gets free mana fixing that no other single card replicates. The cost is zero if you open it, and five mana if you don't, which is the only real question: how often will you see it in your opening hand.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Go-Shintai of Life's Origin
Go-Shintai of Life's Origin runs a five-color Shrine package that demands every color of mana from a single land base, and Leyline of the Guildpact solves that problem entirely — every land taps for any color the moment it hits the battlefield, leaving room for non-basics that would otherwise break the fixing.
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 |
In Commander, Leyline of the Guildpact is a build-around, not a value piece — it belongs in decks that explicitly care about basic land types, whether for Coalition Victory kills, domain payoffs, or five-color fixing in greedy piles. In Modern and Pioneer, it sees niche play as a domain enabler, particularly alongside Atraxa, Grand Unifier shells and Sunburst synergies where hitting all five basic types quickly is the whole point. Legacy has little interest — the format has access to better fixing and doesn't need a five-mana fallback. Standard playability is real but narrow: Leyline of the Guildpact is worth registering only if your deck specifically rewards domain or basic land type count, not as generic fixing.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$4.56 cheap tier
At $4.56, Leyline of the Guildpact sits in the impulse-buy tier — cheap enough to pick up on speculation for a future deck, steep enough that you shouldn't jam it without a clear payoff. Demand is narrow and build-around dependent, so the price is unlikely to spike without a new domain or Shrine-adjacent commander pushing inclusion rates up.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Coalition Victory
- Go-Shintai of Life's Origin
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.