Unstable Frontier
Land
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.: Target land you control becomes the basic land type of your choice until end of turn.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Conflux
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #20581
Unstable Frontier taps to give any land you control a basic land type until end of turn — color fixing on demand, no mana spent. The cost is that it enters tapped and the effect is temporary, making it a fringe inclusion outside of decks that actively exploit land types.
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 |
Unstable Frontier sees almost no competitive play in Legacy, Modern, or Vintage, where fetchlands and dual lands solve color fixing more efficiently and entering tapped is disqualifying. Commander is the only format where it earns genuine consideration, specifically in landfall decks, Urborg or Yavimaya synergy builds, or commanders that care about specific basic land types like Swamp or Forest. Even there, it sits at the margins — most decks prefer fixing that doesn't cost a land drop to a land that does nothing the turn it arrives.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Unstable Frontier is deep bulk — you'll find it in a dollar bin before you'd order it specifically. Demand is narrow enough that the price has no meaningful floor to defend.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.