Thornwood Falls
Land
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, you gain 1 life.
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- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GU
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #1012
Thornwood Falls enters tapped and produces one blue or one green mana — the cost is a full tempo loss on the turn you play it. It earns a slot only when a commander like Galadriel, Elven-Queen specifically rewards scrying or life-gain triggers from the land entering, otherwise a basic does the job better.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Galadriel, Elven-Queen
Galadriel, Elven-Queen triggers off scrying, and Thornwood Falls enters with a scry 1 — that's a free look at the top of your deck just for playing a land, which feeds her draw-when-you-scry engine every time you hit your land drop.
The Swarmlord
The Swarmlord runs blue-green and wants to hit every land drop to keep up with proliferate costs; Thornwood Falls fills out the dual-land count cheaply without competing with more expensive staples for the budget.
Elrond, Master of Healing
Elrond, Master of Healing cares about scrying and life totals, and Thornwood Falls delivers a small but free scry trigger on a land — every incidental scry feeds Elrond's card selection engine without spending a spell slot.
Otrimi, the Ever-Playful
Otrimi, the Ever-Playful operates in blue-black-green and needs reliable access to both blue and green early; Thornwood Falls is a low-cost way to smooth that two-color requirement in a three-color mana base.
Shanna, Purifying Blade
Shanna, Purifying Blade converts life gain into card draw, and while Thornwood Falls doesn't gain life itself, it rounds out the blue-white-green mana base at a price point that leaves room in the budget for actual life-gain pieces.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Thornwood Falls is a role-player in specific builds — primarily commanders that reward scrying on entry — and a filler dual everywhere else. In Pauper it's a legitimate option given the constrained card pool, and blue-green strategies there will run it without a second thought. Across Pioneer, Modern, and Legacy, it's strictly outclassed by shock lands, fetch lands, and Forest-Island duals that enter untapped; no competitive list wants the tempo loss. Standard-legal windows have occasionally made it relevant as a budget fixing option, but it exits relevance the moment faster duals are available.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Thornwood Falls is deep bulk — a card you pick up in a common box or throw in an order to hit free shipping. There's no meaningful price floor to protect here; it's a land you run for function in budget builds, not one you hold for value.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Galadriel, Elven-Queen
- The Swarmlord
- Elrond, Master of Healing
- Otrimi, the Ever-Playful
- Shanna, Purifying Blade
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.