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◇ Catalog #771

Cryptic Caves

fdn·#771·uncommon·foil

Illus. Sung Choi

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Apr '26

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EDHrec rank #4,455 · Niche pick

Variants

Foil

Nonfoil

Gameplay

Land

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Draw a card. Activate only if you control five or more lands.

Only when you've given up the search will the caves yield their secrets.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2019-07-12wotc

Cryptic Caves can be one of the five lands you control. You don't need to control five other lands. It's okay that you'll only control four lands as you finish activating Cryptic Caves's last ability.

2019-07-12wotc

If you control two Cryptic Caves and exactly three other lands, you can activate the last ability of only one of the Cryptic Caves. As soon as the cost for that ability is paid, you will no longer control enough lands to activate the ability of the second Cryptic Caves.

Context

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from FDN — 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 #771 of *Foundations*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2026 Foundations 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 #4,455 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Sung Choi. Rarix catalogs 81 other cards credited to this artist.