Wind-Scarred Crag
Land
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, you gain 1 life.
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- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RW
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #989
Wind-Scarred Crag enters tapped and gains you 1 life — a negligible upside stapled to a real cost, namely losing your land drop for that turn in any deck that needs momentum. It's fine in Éowyn, Shieldmaiden builds that want every Boros source they can get, but any deck with access to better dual options should move on.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Éowyn, Shieldmaiden
Éowyn, Shieldmaiden runs Wind-Scarred Crag in 44% of her builds because her token-and-attack strategy runs on white and red mana and isn't sensitive enough to the enters-tapped penalty to care — she needs the color fixing more than the speed.
Bre of Clan Stoutarm
Bre of Clan Stoutarm leans on Wind-Scarred Crag for the same reason most Boros commanders do: reliable access to both colors in a two-color identity where the life gain is a marginal bonus that at least synergizes with lifegain payoffs Bre can trigger.
Aurelia, the Warleader
Aurelia, the Warleader wants both white and red available by turn four to start her combat engine, and Wind-Scarred Crag is a budget guarantee that both pips are online even if it costs a tempo turn.
Wyleth, Soul of Steel
Wyleth, Soul of Steel is a Voltron commander who needs to start suiting up fast, so the enters-tapped penalty on Wind-Scarred Crag is felt more here — but budget builds still lean on it as a cheap Boros source when better options aren't available.
Raiyuu, Storm's Edge
Raiyuu, Storm's Edge triggers on solo attackers and wants combat online by turn three, making the enters-tapped cost on Wind-Scarred Crag genuinely awkward — it shows up in 38% of lists largely as a budget placeholder.
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 |
Wind-Scarred Crag is legal across every major format, but it's only a serious consideration in Commander and Pauper. In Commander, it's a budget Boros land that trades tempo for color fixing — acceptable in casual or budget builds, outclassed by Inspiring Vantage or Sacred Foundry in anything competitive. In Pauper, where the card pool's dual land options are limited at common, Wind-Scarred Crag occasionally earns a slot in slower white-red builds. In every 60-card constructed format from Pioneer to Legacy, the tempo loss is simply too steep — faster, unconditional duals exist at every budget, and you'd never choose it over them.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Wind-Scarred Crag is deep bulk — you're paying for the cardboard, not the effect. Don't expect the price to move; it's a common with functional reprints across multiple sets and no scarcity floor to hold it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.