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Sunken Citadel
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Sunken Citadel

rare · Land — Cave · The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
$0.43
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$0.51
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Oracle Text

This land enters tapped. As it enters, choose a color.
{T}: Add one mana of the chosen color.
{T}: Add two mana of the chosen color. Spend this mana only to activate abilities of land sources.

Card Details

-/-Power / Toughness
-Mana Cost
2Prints

Character Background

Sunken Citadel is a quietly powerful utility land from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan that rewards decks built around land-based engines rather than raw speed. Entering tapped is the main tax, but choosing a color on entry gives it flexibility in multicolor manabases, while the second ability is the real prize: two mana of the chosen color, restricted to activating abilities of land sources. That makes it especially strong in value and combo shells that lean on lands with activated abilities, and it can supercharge utility lands, land-creature engines, or repeatable mana sinks tied to lands. In practice, it fits best in slower control or midrange lists that want inevitability, not aggro. Deckbuilding tip: pair it with lands that have costly activated abilities, then use the extra burst to chain them in the same turn; cards that untap lands or copy land abilities become even better. Its lore feel matches a buried, resource-rich stronghold—slow to access, but full of hidden power once uncovered.

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Character Background

Sunken Citadel is a quietly powerful utility land from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan that rewards decks built around land-based engines rather than raw speed. Entering tapped is the main tax, but choosing a color on entry gives it flexibility in multicolor manabases, while the second ability is the real prize: two mana of the chosen color, restricted to activating abilities of land sources. That makes it especially strong in value and combo shells that lean on lands with activated abilities, and it can supercharge utility lands, land-creature engines, or repeatable mana sinks tied to lands. In practice, it fits best in slower control or midrange lists that want inevitability, not aggro. Deckbuilding tip: pair it with lands that have costly activated abilities, then use the extra burst to chain them in the same turn; cards that untap lands or copy land abilities become even better. Its lore feel matches a buried, resource-rich stronghold—slow to access, but full of hidden power once uncovered.

Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-08-11 18:10:45 UTC

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