Terrain Generator
Land
: Add 
.
, : You may put a basic land card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Nemesis
- Price
- $3.38
- EDHREC rank
- #1906
Terrain Generator puts extra lands into play at the cost of a tap and a colorless mana — no cards spent, just mana and opportunity cost. In decks that want lands in play rather than cards in hand, it earns its slot; in anything else, Firkraag, Cunning Instigator being among its top adopters tells you it's a niche tool, not a staple.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Firkraag, Cunning Instigator
Firkraag, Cunning Instigator runs a high land count to keep the goading engine fueled through long games, and Terrain Generator converts dead topdecked basics into board presence without spending cards.
Kami of the Crescent Moon
Kami of the Crescent Moon gives everyone extra draws, which floods hands with basics; Terrain Generator lets you cash those basics out into play so the cards you draw next are actually spells.
Tameshi, Reality Architect
Tameshi, Reality Architect bounces permanents back to hand for value, and Terrain Generator turns those recycled lands into repeated land drops without burning card resources.
Eluge, the Shoreless Sea
Eluge, the Shoreless Sea rewards playing as many lands as possible, and Terrain Generator stretches each draw step's land drop further by deploying basics straight from hand to battlefield.
Borborygmos Enraged
Borborygmos Enraged pitches lands from hand as its primary win condition, so Terrain Generator serves double duty — it deploys lands to fuel mana now and thins the hand of cards Borborygmos wants to throw later.
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 |
Terrain Generator is a Commander card through and through — the slow, incremental land acceleration it provides fits a 40-life multiplayer game where you have turns to set it up and opponents to outlast. In Legacy and Vintage, where it's technically legal, the opportunity cost of tapping a colorless land and spending a mana to maybe deploy a basic is far too steep against the speed of those formats, and it sees zero competitive play there. Oathbreaker is its other legal home, and the same logic applies as Commander: slower pacing makes the incremental value real. Terrain Generator is simply built for long games.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$3.38 cheap tier
At $3.38, Terrain Generator sits at the high end of budget utility lands — functional, but not a bargain given how many decks can skip it entirely. The price is stable rather than climbing; it's not a chased staple, so you're paying for genuine utility in the specific decks that want it, not hype.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.