The triggered ability is mandatory. If you don’t have a creature to target, you must target another player’s creature, if possible.
Darksteel Garrison
The second ability triggers whenever the fortified land becomes tapped, not just when it’s tapped for mana.
Fortification is to lands what Equipment is to creatures. Except for the difference regarding what kind of permanent it can affect, Fortifications and Equipment follow the same rules.
Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $12.88. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $12.88 across 45 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from FUT — 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 #167 of *Future Sight*, the set that shipped alongside the May 2007 Future Sight release.
Card type: Artifact — Fortification, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {2} (2 converted). Keyword abilities: Fortify.
Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.
EDHrec ranks this card #19,462 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by David Martin. Rarix catalogs 223 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. David Martin
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