Price$1.21 – $3.53
Buy on TCGplayerTrailblazer's Boots
Artifact — Equipment
LegalRank #682
Equipped creature has nonbasic landwalk. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a nonbasic land.)
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Why is this card good?
Trailblazer's Boots is one of the most reliable evasion pieces in Commander, precisely because of the format's land bases. Nearly every deck runs a pile of nonbasics — fetches, duals, shocks, utility lands — so "nonbasic landwalk" effectively reads "unblockable" against the vast majority of opponents. That's far better than the Boots' price suggests.
Where it shines:
- Voltron/equipment decks (Wilson, Rograkk, Skullbriar, Light-Paws) that need to push a single big threat through.
- Commander damage and combat-trigger decks — anything wanting guaranteed connects (poison, Curiosity-style draw, ninjutsu enablers).
- Colorless flexibility: fits any deck, so it's a cheap evasion staple regardless of color identity.
When to skip it:
- It's evasion, not protection — it won't save your creature from removal, and a sweeper undoes your investment.
- In token/go-wide or aristocrats shells you don't care about one connecting body.
- Against tables running heavy basics or land-light strategies, it can occasionally whiff.
Cheap, splashable, and usually unblockable — an easy include for any single-threat plan.
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