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◇ Catalog #144

Ancient Ziggurat

ecc·#144·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. John Avon

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in vault

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wishlisted

Jan '26

6 mo ago

Value

$0.37+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.38 · low $0.35

NM$0.37

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.34–$0.39modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $1.07low $0.06range 1683.3%n 57

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #2,737 · Niche pick

Variants

Nonfoil$0.37

Gameplay

Land

{T}: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a creature spell.

Built in honor of Alara's creatures, the ziggurat vanished long ago. When Progenitus awakened, the temple emerged again.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2009-02-01wotc

Mana produced by Ancient Ziggurat can be spent on any part of a creature spell's total cost. This includes additional costs (such as kicker) and alternative costs (such as evoke or Worldheart Phoenix's alternative cost).

2009-02-01wotc

Mana produced by Ancient Ziggurat can't be spent on activated abilities that put a creature card directly onto the battlefield, such as unearth or ninjutsu.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.37. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.06 and $1.07 across 57 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from ECC — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #144 of *Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander*, the set that shipped alongside the January 2026 Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander release.

Card type: Land, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration.

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #2,737 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by John Avon. Rarix catalogs 1,840 other cards credited to this artist.