Waterfront District
Land
This land enters tapped.
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, , Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Streets of New Capenna
- Price
- $0.26
- EDHREC rank
- #6456
Waterfront District enters untapped, taps for blue or black, and replaces itself when it leaves — the card-draw rider is the whole reason to run it over a basic. It's a strict upgrade over a Swamp or Island in any two-color shell that can support it.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Waterfront District earns its slot in any Dimir or multicolor deck that includes blue and black — the cantrip on death means sacrifice outlets, bounce loops, and land-cycling effects all generate value from it, and entering untapped keeps your mana open on early turns. In Pauper it competes in a crowded field of cheap dual lands, but the draw trigger gives it a real edge in control shells that can exploit it. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern all have access to strictly better dual lands, so Waterfront District sees essentially no play in those formats despite being legal. Pioneer is a similar story — fetchable dual lands crowd it out.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.26 bulk tier
At $0.26, Waterfront District is bulk by any measure, which makes it one of the easiest includes in the format — you're paying almost nothing for a card that replaces itself. Expect it to stay in this tier; it's a common with no scarcity angle and wide availability.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.