Sulfur Falls
Land
This land enters tapped unless you control an Island or a Mountain.
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- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RU
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $1.89
- EDHREC rank
- #83
Sulfur Falls enters untapped as long as you control an Island or Mountain — in any blue-red shell, that condition is met by turn two at the latest, so this is effectively a dual land for almost no cost. Ureni of the Unwritten and every other Izzet commander runs it because untapped blue-red mana on a budget is simply not a problem to solve anymore.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ureni of the Unwritten
Ureni of the Unwritten is a spell-slinging engine that needs both blue and red mana available and untapped on the opponent's turn, making Sulfur Falls one of the cleanest land slots in the 99 — it reliably enters untapped by turn two and never forces a painful choice between colors.
Saheeli, Radiant Creator
Saheeli, Radiant Creator demands both colors on curve to activate her abilities and protect them with interaction, so Sulfur Falls filling that role for under two dollars makes it an automatic include over slower dual options.
Admiral Brass, Unsinkable
Admiral Brass, Unsinkable runs a Grixis shell but the blue-red base is the active engine, and Sulfur Falls delivers that pairing untapped without eating into the budget that Admiral Brass decks often spend on Pirate payoffs.
Sauron, Lord of the Rings
Sauron, Lord of the Rings operates across three colors but the blue-red interaction suite does the early lifting, and Sulfur Falls enters untapped consistently enough in a deck that already wants multiple basic types in play.
Shiko and Narset, Unified
Shiko and Narset, Unified is built around chaining spells through the combat step, which demands both blue and red be available without tapping-in penalties — Sulfur Falls meets that requirement and leaves budget room for the spells that actually win the game.
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 |
In Commander, Sulfur Falls is one of the cleanest budget dual lands available to any blue-red commander — the check condition (Island or Mountain in play) is trivially met in Izzet, Grixis, Temur, or any other multi-color shell that runs basics, and untapped mana on turns two through four is where games are decided. In Modern and Pioneer, it competes with fetch-shock infrastructure but still sees play as a budget-friendly alternative or as the third and fourth copies of blue-red fixing when the full playset of Scalding Tarn is out of reach. Legacy and Vintage have no use for it given access to Volcanic Island, but it's legal there if you somehow need it. Sulfur Falls is not legal in Standard or Pauper, which is the only context where its absence matters at all.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.89 cheap tier
At $1.89, Sulfur Falls sits in the cheap tier — it's one of the most cost-efficient untapped dual lands in Commander and has held that price range through multiple reprints precisely because demand from budget Izzet builders is steady. It's not a card you buy as a spec; it's a card you put in every blue-red deck you own and never think about again.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.