---
name: "Mistvein Borderpost"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: ["B", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: []
set: "ARB"
set_name: "Alara Reborn"
collector_number: "27"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Pete Venters"
oracle_id: "1499af11-274f-4f8d-b0b6-20e1693ebab7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/mistvein-borderpost-arb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Mistvein Borderpost
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
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 {U} or {B}.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Fieldmist Borderpost](/printing/fieldmist-borderpost-arb.md) — Artifact
2. [Veinfire Borderpost](/printing/veinfire-borderpost-arb.md) — Artifact
3. [Wildfield Borderpost](/printing/wildfield-borderpost-arb.md) — Artifact
4. [Firewild Borderpost](/printing/firewild-borderpost-arb.md) — Artifact
5. [Wayfarer's Bauble](/printing/wayfarers-bauble-pip.md) — Artifact
6. [Khalni Gem](/printing/khalni-gem-zen.md) — Artifact

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alara Reborn (ARB) #27
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Pete Venters
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `legal`