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◇ Catalog #31

Ancient Ziggurat

h09·#31·uncommon·foil

Illus. John Avon

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Nov '09

16 yr ago

Value

$3.49+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $3.61 · low $3.29

NM$3.49

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$3.23–$3.68modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $3.51low $2.20range 59.5%n 56

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

Foil$3.49

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 $3.49. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $2.20 and $3.51 across 56 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from H09 — the lineup includes Foil 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 #31 of *Premium Deck Series: Slivers*, the set that shipped alongside the November 2009 Premium Deck Series: Slivers 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.