Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway: Land, Zendikar Rising. Tap: Add W. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana value
- 0
- Type
- Land
- Colour identity
- White and black (WB)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Zendikar Rising (ZNR)
- Released
- 2020-09-25
- Collector number
- 259
- Artist
- Johannes Voss
- Commander rank
- 799 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white and black land from Zendikar Rising (ZNR), an expansion set released in September 2020. It is collector number 259 in that set, with art by Johannes Voss. As a land, it has no mana cost. Its colour identity is white and black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Zendikar Rising (2020) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $4.93 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
{T}: Add {W}.
"Why risk life and limb exploring the wilds? For this." -Yavotz, Sea Gate Expeditionary House
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $4.93 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #ZNR-259 | Rare | 2023 |
| Secret Lair: Ultimate Edition (SLU) #14 | Rare | 2021 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #83848 | Rare | 2020 |
| Zendikar Rising Promos (PZNR) #259s | Rare | 2020 |
| Zendikar Rising (ZNR) #285 | Rare | 2020 |
Official rulings
The 8 most recent official rulings for Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway, newest first.
- A modal double-faced card can’t be transformed or be put onto the battlefield transformed. Ignore any instruction to transform a modal double-faced card or to put one onto the battlefield transformed.
- The mana value of a modal double-faced card is based on the characteristics of the face that’s being considered. On the stack and battlefield, consider whichever face is up. In all other zones, consider only the front face. This is different than how the mana value of a transforming double-faced card is determined.
- To determine whether it is legal to play a modal double-faced card, consider only the characteristics of the face you’re playing and ignore the other face’s characteristics.
- There is a single triangle icon in the top left corner of the front face. There is a double triangle icon in the top left corner of the back face.
- In the Commander variant, a double-faced card’s color identity is determined by the mana costs and mana symbols in the rules text of both faces combined. If either face has a color indicator or basic land type, those are also considered.
- If an effect instructs a player to choose a card name, the name of either face may be chosen. If that effect or a linked ability refers to a spell with the chosen name being cast and/or a land with the chosen name being played, it considers only the chosen name, not the other face’s name.
- If an effect puts a double-faced card onto the battlefield, it enters with its front face up. If that front face can’t be put onto the battlefield, it doesn’t enter the battlefield.
- If an effect allows you to play a specific modal double-faced card, you may cast it as a spell or play it as a land, as determined by which face you choose to play. If an effect allows you to cast (rather than “play”) a specific modal double-faced card, you can’t play it as a land.
Similar cards
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