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Firewild Borderpost

{1}{R}{G}

Artifact

ARBAlara Reborn#54common
Foil
Border
black
Frame
2003
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 444
Illustrator
Jean-Sébastien Rossbach
Found in
Alara Reborn MTGO Redemption Foil · Alara Reborn MTGO Redemption · 3 more
Printings1
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyLegal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
You may pay {1} and return a basic land you control to its owner's hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. This artifact enters tapped. {T}: Add {R} or {G}.

Plays as: Cost Alternative · Mana Fixer · Mana Rock

Market · per finishspark updated 19m ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil-13.3%
$0.26
$0.05 low$0.04 gap
Foil+0.0%
$0.79
$0.25 low$0.17 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.26· across 1 printing

Rulings

4 · latest May 1, 2009 · one tap opens all
  • WotCMay 1, 2009

    As you cast a spell, you get a chance to activate mana abilities before you pay that spell's costs. Therefore, you may tap a basic land for mana, then both spend that mana and return that land to your hand to pay this card's alternative cost. (Of course, you can return a different basic land instead.)

  • WotCMay 1, 2009

    Casting this card by paying its alternative cost doesn't change when you can cast it. You can cast it only at the normal time you could cast an artifact spell. It also doesn't change the spell's mana cost or mana value. The only difference is the cost you actually pay.

  • WotCMay 1, 2009

    Effects that increase or reduce the cost to cast this card will apply to whichever cost you chose to pay.

  • WotCMay 1, 2009

    To satisfy the alternative cost, you may return any basic land you control to its owner's hand, regardless of that land's subtype or whether it's tapped.