Passageway Seer
Creature — Tiefling Warlock
Lifelink
When this creature enters, you take the initiative.
At the beginning of your end step, if you have the initiative, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #10634
Passageway Seer lets your creatures walk through blockers uncontested — for two mana and a dungeon venture, that's a steep discount on evasion that also fuels your graveyard gameplan. Sefris of the Hidden Ways runs it as a matter of course: the venture trigger advances the dungeon track while the unblockable clause ensures your creatures connect.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Sefris of the Hidden Ways
Sefris of the Hidden Ways wants every venture trigger it can get, and Passageway Seer delivers one on cast while also making your reanimated threats unblockable — the two halves of the card work in lockstep with Sefris's attack-and-recur gameplan.
Acererak the Archlich
Acererak the Archlich needs to venture through dungeons as fast as possible, and Passageway Seer slots in as cheap, repeatable progress toward Dungeon of the Mad Mage while keeping whatever creature you're swinging with safe from chump blocks.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Passageway Seer earns its slot — dungeon-matter decks are an EDH-native archetype, and the venture trigger on a cheap body that also provides evasion is exactly the kind of two-for-one those decks want. Outside Commander, the dungeon mechanic has essentially no competitive infrastructure: Legacy and Vintage are legal homes in theory, but neither format has any reason to venture when there are vastly more efficient ways to generate value. Passageway Seer is a Commander card start to finish.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Passageway Seer is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a box rather than buy. That price is stable; dungeon decks are a niche Commander archetype and there's no crossover demand from other formats to push it higher.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.