Mana Confluence
Land
, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Edge of Eternities: Stellar Sights
- Price
- $56.07
- EDHREC rank
- #119
Mana Confluence taps for any color at the cost of 1 life — a price most competitive Commander decks pay without blinking. In a deck like Dargo, the Shipwrecker // Tymna the Weaver, where color-fixing and speed are everything, the life loss is irrelevant; the consistency is not.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Dargo, the Shipwrecker // Tymna the Weaver
Dargo, the Shipwrecker // Tymna the Weaver runs a tight artifact-storm engine that wants every color of mana available on turn one, and Mana Confluence delivers that without a second thought — the life loss feeds right into Tymna's draw trigger math.
Thrasios, Triton Hero // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful
Thrasios, Triton Hero // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful is a four-color cEDH shell that demands green, blue, white, and red all before the third turn; Mana Confluence is one of only a handful of lands that fulfills that ask unconditionally.
Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools // Thrasios, Triton Hero
Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools // Thrasios, Triton Hero leans on a four-color mana base to operate both halves of the partnership from the earliest turns, and Mana Confluence is a cornerstone of that fixing — it never enters tapped and never asks questions.
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator // Vial Smasher the Fierce
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator // Vial Smasher the Fierce needs blue, red, and black available early to deploy both commanders and start generating treasure triggers; Mana Confluence covers all three colors off a single land drop with no setup required.
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh // Silas Renn, Seeker Adept
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh // Silas Renn, Seeker Adept plays a zero-drop synergy game where the opening hand has to be fast and color-flexible on turn one; Mana Confluence gives the deck exactly the kind of unconditional fixing that makes those hands function.
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 |
Mana Confluence is at its best in Commander, where four- and five-color decks need unconditional fixing and the 40-life total makes 1-life payments genuinely inconsequential. In Legacy and Vintage it sees occasional play in greedy multi-color shells, though City of Brass fills the same role and the formats' faster clocks make the life loss slightly more relevant. Modern is legal but rarely where Mana Confluence shows up — most competitive Modern decks either run shock lands that fix more efficiently or don't stretch across enough colors to justify it. Pioneer is the same story: the format is legal but the card is scarce in the metagame. It's not legal in Standard or Pauper, which is where the conversation ends for most players.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Exotic Orchard and City of Brass are the closest like-for-like replacements for Mana Confluence — City of Brass is essentially the same card and runs between $4–8, making it the first cut-in for any budget build. Tarnished Citadel offers a similar effect but charges 3 life instead of 1, which is a real cost difference in longer games; Forbidden Orchard fixes mana at zero life but hands opponents a creature token, which is a meaningful trade-off in Commander.
Price Context
Current price
$56.07 premium tier
At $56.07, Mana Confluence sits firmly in the premium land tier — comparable to shock lands at their peaks, but justified by its role as one of a very short list of lands that taps for any color with no entry restriction. It's a staple in cEDH and high-power Commander, so demand stays consistent; this isn't a card that price-spikes and collapses.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Dargo, the Shipwrecker // Tymna the Weaver
- Thrasios, Triton Hero // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful
- Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools // Thrasios, Triton Hero
- Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator // Vial Smasher the Fierce
- Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh // Silas Renn, Seeker Adept
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.