Silent Clearing
Land
, Pay 1 life: Add 
or 
.
, , Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Assassin's Creed
- Price
- $6.72
- EDHREC rank
- #1593
Silent Clearing enters untapped and replaces itself — a dual land that draws a card when you need gas more than a land drop, at the cost of one life and paying one mana. Any Orzhov deck that wants consistent card flow should run it; Betor, Ancestor's Voice in particular leans on it to keep hand size up while fueling lifegain triggers.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Betor, Ancestor's Voice
Betor, Ancestor's Voice cares about gaining life and keeping the engine running, and Silent Clearing does both — the one-life payment is noise when you're gaining it back in chunks, and the card draw keeps threats flowing.
Cecil, Dark Knight
Cecil, Dark Knight operates in a life-payment-heavy space where resources matter as much as life total, and Silent Clearing provides a free cantrip on a dual land — exactly the kind of two-for-one efficiency the deck wants.
Teysa, Orzhov Scion
Teysa, Orzhov Scion decks grind through sacrifice loops that demand a steady hand of fuel, and Silent Clearing slots in as a land that doubles as card draw without asking for anything beyond one mana and one life.
Lurrus of the Dream-Den
Lurrus of the Dream-Den strategies run lean and punish every wasted resource, so Silent Clearing earns its slot by converting a land drop into a card when the board state demands action over mana.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Silent Clearing is a clean include for any Orzhov or black-white deck that can pay one life without concern — the floor is a dual land, the ceiling is a dual land that draws a card, and the cost is negligible in a 40-life format. In Legacy and Vintage, it sees play in fair black-white shells as part of the Horizon land cycle, where the card draw is meaningful enough to justify a land that never produces colored mana on its own terms. Modern treats it the same way — it shows up in white-black midrange and sacrifice lists that want the extra draw step more than an untapped land that just sits there. It's not legal in Pioneer, Standard, or Pauper, so if you're building outside Commander, check your format before sleeving it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Isolated Chapel and Scoured Barrens both produce white and black mana for well under a dollar, but neither replaces the card draw Silent Clearing provides — you're trading the cantrip for entering untapped or tapped at zero cost. If the draw effect is what you're after on a strict budget, Evolving Wilds and Terramorphic Expanse at least replace themselves with a basic, though you lose the dual typing and the immediate hand refill.
Price Context
Current price
$6.72 mid tier
At $6.72, Silent Clearing sits in the mid tier — it's the cheapest entry point into the Horizon land cycle for white-black, and that cycle sees enough cross-format play to keep the price stable. It's a justified purchase for any Orzhov Commander build that plans to stay on the strategy long-term.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Betor, Ancestor's Voice
- Cecil, Dark Knight
- Teysa, Orzhov Scion
- Lurrus of the Dream-Den
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.