Wildfield Borderpost
Artifact
You may pay 
and return a basic land you control to its owner's hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
This artifact enters tapped.
: Add 
or 
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- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GW
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Alara Reborn
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #18879
Wildfield Borderpost taps for white or green mana and enters untapped — but only if you return a basic land to your hand, which means it's a tempo-neutral rock that costs you a land drop to deploy. It's a passable two-mana fixer in decks that actively want permanents on the battlefield rather than raw mana efficiency.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Wildfield Borderpost occupies the low end of acceptable two-mana fixing — it does the job in Selesnya or multicolor decks that need white-green access without spending much budget, but it loses ground to any land-based ramp option. In Pauper, the borderpost cycle sees more serious play because the card pool is constrained and artifact synergies matter; Wildfield Borderpost earns its slot there in bounce-land strategies that don't mind the land-return rider. Legacy and Vintage have no interest — the format's mana infrastructure makes it obsolete on arrival.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Wildfield Borderpost is pure bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not power. It holds no meaningful value trajectory, but at that price the ask is zero: grab a copy if you need cheap Selesnya fixing and move on.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.