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◇ Catalog #242

Castle Vantress

eld·#242·rare·foil

Illus. John Avon

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wishlisted

Oct '19

6 yr ago

Value

$1.98+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $1.01 · low $0.92

NM$0.98

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.91–$1.03modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $1.57low $0.02range 7750.0%n 58

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #945 · Common include

Variants

Foil$0.98

Nonfoil$0.36

Gameplay

Land

This land enters tapped unless you control an Island. {T}: Add {U}. {2}{U}{U}, {T}: Scry 2.

Without Vantress's knowledge, the realm would lose itself in darkness.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2019-10-04wotc

Although the common lands have basic land types, they aren't basic lands.

2019-10-04wotc

Once the common lands (such as Mystic Sanctuary) enter the battlefield tapped, there's no way to untap them with a spell or ability to make their last ability trigger.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.98. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $1.57 across 58 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from ELD — the lineup includes Foil and 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 #242 of *Throne of Eldraine*, the set that shipped alongside the October 2019 Throne of Eldraine release.

Card type: Land, color identity blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Keyword abilities: Scry.

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

EDHrec ranks this card #945 in Commander, putting it in the common-include tier of the format's playable pool.

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