Thriving Bluff
Land
This land enters tapped. As it enters, choose a color other than red.
: Add 
or one mana of the chosen color.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ravnica: Clue Edition
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #1208
Thriving Bluff enters tapped and produces either red or blue mana — a dual land for the price of one slow turn. It's perfectly functional in two-color and multicolor decks that don't need speed, and Admiral Brass, Unsinkable lists run it at a 35% clip precisely because Pirate tribal can afford the tempo loss.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Admiral Brass, Unsinkable
Admiral Brass, Unsinkable is a Grixis commander, and Thriving Bluff covers two of those three colors with no deckbuilding cost — in a tribal shell that curves out at four and five, one tapped land early rarely derails the game plan.
The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler
The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler runs a wide color identity with high land counts, and Thriving Bluff slots in as cheap, reliable fixing for the blue-red pip requirements the deck leans on.
Zinnia, Valley's Voice
Zinnia, Valley's Voice sits in Temur, and Thriving Bluff handles the red-blue split that cheaper fixing options sometimes fumble — it's a budget solution for a commander whose mana base needs all three colors pulling their weight.
Pantlaza, Sun-Favored
Pantlaza, Sun-Favored is a four-color Dinosaur commander with heavy off-color pip demands, and Thriving Bluff fills a slot when more expensive dual lands aren't in the budget.
Anhelo, the Painter
Anhelo, the Painter is a pure Dimir commander, so Thriving Bluff's red option goes unused — it shows up here mainly as a budget blue source in lists that haven't upgraded their mana base yet.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Thriving Bluff is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but its real home is Commander, where the singleton rule and 40-life game length make tapped duals far more tolerable. In Pauper it competes in a crowded field of common dual lands, and the enters-tapped drawback matters more in a 20-life format where tempo is everything. Legacy and Vintage have zero interest — those formats demand untapped lands, and Thriving Bluff offers nothing that justifies the slot. Commander is where the flexibility clause — choosing red or blue on entry — actually earns its keep, especially in two-and three-color builds that need cheap mana fixing without paying fetch land prices.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Thriving Bluff is deep bulk — it fills a mana-fixing slot at essentially no cost. Bulk commons don't appreciate, but they don't need to; this is a pick-up-a-playset-from-a-commons-box card, not a spec.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Admiral Brass, Unsinkable
- The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler
- Zinnia, Valley's Voice
- Pantlaza, Sun-Favored
- Anhelo, the Painter
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.