Price$0.09 – $6.47
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Land
LegalRank #18
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Why is this card good?
Evolving Wilds is the most basic fixing land in the game, and its ubiquity (#18!) reflects how forgiving Commander mana bases want to be. It fetches any basic onto the battlefield, smoothing colors in two- and three-color decks without costing you life like fetchlands do.
Why it's good: It thins your deck slightly, enables landfall triggers, and shuffles your library—handy after a scry or to reset a bad top-of-deck. The shuffle plus sacrifice also feeds landfall (Lotus Cobra, Tatyova), graveyard (Crucible of Worlds recursion), and "lands hit the battlefield tapped" synergies.
Who wants it: Budget-friendly multicolor decks, landfall/lands-matter strategies, and anything that abuses sacrificing or recurring lands.
When NOT to play it: It enters tapped and the basic comes in tapped too—that's a full turn of tempo loss, which is real in fast or competitive decks. If you can afford fetchlands, dual lands, or only run one or two colors, skip it. Mono-color decks gain almost nothing.
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Printings (73)
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Played by these commanders
Atraxa, Praetors' Voice100% of 2
Temmet, Naktamun's Will100% of 1
Meren of Clan Nel Toth100% of 2
Wyleth, Soul of Steel100% of 1
Jirina Kudro100% of 1
Abaddon the Despoiler100% of 2
Anje Falkenrath100% of 1
Rose Tyler100% of 1
Hearthhull, the Worldseed100% of 1
Kalemne, Disciple of Iroas100% of 2
Combos (4)
- Ashaya, Soul of the Wild + Stone-Seeder Hierophant + Scaretiller + Evolving Wilds
→ Near-infinite landfall triggers, Near-infinite mana lands you control can produce, Put all basic lands from your library onto the battlefield
- Toggo, Goblin Weaponsmith + Scaretiller + Clock of Omens + Evolving Wilds + Amulet of Vigor
→ Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped Rock tokens, Put all basic lands from your library onto the battlefield tapped
- Rootpath Purifier + Wheel of Sun and Moon + Evolving Wilds + Amulet of Vigor
→ Infinite landfall triggers
- Rootpath Purifier + Wheel of Sun and Moon + Evolving Wilds + Stone-Seeder Hierophant
→ Infinite landfall triggers