The Ancient One

Commander

The Ancient One

·Bracket 4·Budget $250.00
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Archetype:stax · graveyard · reanimator

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$250.00

lands $186.79 · acceleration $63.21

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Lands (37)

Command Tower
$0.33

Command Tower

Command Tower: Core to your Stax game plan. Auto-include in any 2+ color deck. The single best fixing land in budget Commander.

Command Tower

Land
Command Tower

Marvel Super Heroes Commander · #233

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

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Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
$10.65

Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

Takenuma, Abandoned Mire: Channel: mill 3, return creature/planeswalker from graveyard to hand. Top-tier in any GY deck.

Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

Legendary Land
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty · #278

{T}: Add {B}. Channel — {3}{B}, Discard this card: Mill three cards, then return a creature or planeswalker card from your graveyard to your hand. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

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Exotic Orchard
$0.32

Exotic Orchard

Exotic Orchard: Core to your Stax game plan. Reliable in 4-player Commander — nearly always taps for any color you need. Drops off in mono-meta or 1v1.

Exotic Orchard

Land
Exotic Orchard

Marvel Super Heroes Commander · #241

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

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Maze of Ith
$9.39

Maze of Ith

Maze of Ith: Core to your Stax game plan. Untap target attacking creature, no combat damage. Anti-attack land. FORBIDDEN in attack-based decks.

Maze of Ith

Land
Maze of Ith

Dominaria Remastered · #250

{T}: Untap target attacking creature. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by that creature this turn.

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Strip Mine
$16.79

Strip Mine

Strip Mine: Core to your Stax game plan. Sacrifice to destroy any land. Format-defining utility — great in graveyard loop decks (recur with Crucible/Muldrotha).

Strip Mine

Land
Strip Mine

Fourth Edition · #363

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Destroy target land.

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Wasteland
$27.78

Wasteland

Wasteland: Core to your Stax game plan. Sacrifice to destroy nonbasic. Reserved-List adjacent pricing. Premium control utility.

Wasteland

Land
Wasteland

Eternal Masters · #248

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Destroy target nonbasic land.

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Phyrexian Tower
$28.98

Phyrexian Tower

Phyrexian Tower: Core to your Stax game plan. Already in batch 1; preserved for completeness.

Phyrexian Tower

Legendary Land
Phyrexian Tower

Modern Horizons 3 · #303

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice a creature: Add {B}{B}.

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Path of Ancestry
$0.33

Path of Ancestry

Path of Ancestry: Core to your Stax game plan. Scry 1 every commander cast in tribal decks. Conditional based on shared creature type with commander.

Path of Ancestry

Land
Path of Ancestry

Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander · #158

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

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Cabaretti Courtyard
$0.29

Cabaretti Courtyard

Cabaretti Courtyard: Fetches any_basic. Enables shuffles and color flexibility.

Cabaretti Courtyard

Land
Cabaretti Courtyard

Edge of Eternities Commander · #151

When this land enters, sacrifice it. When you do, search your library for a basic Mountain, Forest, or Plains card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle and you gain 1 life.

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Ghost Quarter
$0.96

Ghost Quarter

Ghost Quarter: Sacrifice to destroy any land — opponent searches for basic. Budget Strip Mine.

Ghost Quarter

Land
Ghost Quarter

Commander Anthology Volume II · #253

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Destroy target land. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

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Field of Ruin
$0.38

Field of Ruin

Field of Ruin: Pay 1, sacrifice — destroy nonbasic. Each player searches basic.

Field of Ruin

Land
Field of Ruin

March of the Machine Commander · #400

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Destroy target nonbasic land an opponent controls. Each player searches their library for a basic land card, puts it onto the battlefield, then shuffles.

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Watery Grave
$9.79

Watery Grave

Watery Grave: Pay 2 life to enter untapped — U+B fixing on demand. Brings U sources from 3 to 4 (target: 14).

Watery Grave

Land — Island Swamp
Watery Grave

Edge of Eternities · #261

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

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City of Brass
$12.14

City of Brass

City of Brass: W+U+B+R+G fixing. Brings U sources from 4 to 5 (target: 14).

City of Brass

Land
City of Brass

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Eternal · #62

Whenever this land becomes tapped, it deals 1 damage to you. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

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Fabled Passage
$1.11

Fabled Passage

Fabled Passage: Fetches any_basic. Enables shuffles and color flexibility.

Fabled Passage

Land
Fabled Passage

Marvel Super Heroes Commander · #242

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Then if you control four or more lands, untap that land.

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Sunken Ruins
$7.40

Sunken Ruins

Sunken Ruins: U+B fixing. Brings U sources from 5 to 6 (target: 14).

Sunken Ruins

Land
Sunken Ruins

Double Masters · #326

{T}: Add {C}. {U/B}, {T}: Add {U}{U}, {U}{B}, or {B}{B}.

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Underground River
Pain
$2.27

Underground River

Underground River: U+B fixing. Brings U sources from 6 to 7 (target: 14).

Underground River

Land
Underground River

Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander · #321

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {B}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Pain

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Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
$4.55

Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway

Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway: U+B fixing. Brings U sources from 7 to 8 (target: 14).

Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway

Land // Land
Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway

Zendikar Rising · #260

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Drowned Catacomb
Check
$1.15

Drowned Catacomb

Drowned Catacomb: U+B fixing. Brings U sources from 8 to 9 (target: 14).

Drowned Catacomb

Land
Drowned Catacomb

Marvel Super Heroes Commander · #239

This land enters tapped unless you control an Island or a Swamp. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Check

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Mystic Sanctuary
$1.16

Mystic Sanctuary

Mystic Sanctuary: U source. Brings U sources from 9 to 10 (target: 14).

Mystic Sanctuary

Land — Island
Mystic Sanctuary

Secrets of Strixhaven Commander · #388

({T}: Add {U}.) This land enters tapped unless you control three or more other Islands. When this land enters untapped, you may put target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard on top of your library.

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Island
8×
$33.28

Island

Island: U source. Brings U sources from 10 to 11 (target: 14).

Island

Basic Land — Island
Island

Shadowmoor · #287

({T}: Add {U}.)

Basic

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Swamp
8×
$15.84

Swamp

Swamp: B source. Brings B sources from 11 to 12 (target: 14).

Swamp

Basic Land — Swamp
Swamp

Magic 2011 · #238

({T}: Add {B}.)

Basic

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Snow-Covered Island
$1.21

Snow-Covered Island

Snow-Covered Island: U source. Brings U sources from 11 to 12 (target: 14).

Snow-Covered Island

Basic Snow Land — Island
Snow-Covered Island

Kaldheim · #278

({T}: Add {U}.)

Basic

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Snow-Covered Swamp
$0.69

Snow-Covered Swamp

Snow-Covered Swamp: B source. Brings B sources from 12 to 13 (target: 14).

Snow-Covered Swamp

Basic Snow Land — Swamp
Snow-Covered Swamp

Kaldheim · #280

({T}: Add {B}.)

Basic

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Acceleration (12)

Arcane Signet
$0.60

Arcane Signet

Core acceleration — 2-mana rock.

Arcane Signet

Artifact
Arcane Signet

Marvel Super Heroes Commander · #191

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

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Mox Diamond
$0.00

Mox Diamond

Core acceleration — 0-mana rock.

Mox Diamond

Artifact
Mox Diamond

Tempest Remastered · #228

If this artifact would enter, you may discard a land card instead. If you do, put this artifact onto the battlefield. If you don't, put it into its owner's graveyard. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

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Phyrexian Altar
$56.07

Phyrexian Altar

Flex pick — 3-mana rock.

Phyrexian Altar

Artifact
Phyrexian Altar

Double Masters 2022 · #311

Sacrifice a creature: Add one mana of any color.

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Fellwar Stone
$0.00

Fellwar Stone

Core acceleration — 2-mana rock.

Fellwar Stone

Artifact
Fellwar Stone

Mystery Booster Commander Edition · #74

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

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Sol Ring
$1.56

Sol Ring

Core acceleration — 1-mana rock.

Sol Ring

Artifact
Sol Ring

Marvel Super Heroes Commander · #211

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

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Dimir Signet
$1.21

Dimir Signet

Core acceleration — 2-mana rock.

Dimir Signet

Artifact
Dimir Signet

Ravnica: Clue Edition · #221

{1}, {T}: Add {U}{B}.

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Lotus Petal
$0.00

Lotus Petal

Flex pick — 0-mana rock.

Lotus Petal

Artifact
Lotus Petal

Tempest Remastered · #225

{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.

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Coalition Relic
$0.39

Coalition Relic

Core acceleration — 3-mana rock.

Coalition Relic

Artifact
Coalition Relic

Dominaria United Commander · #180

{T}: Add one mana of any color. {T}: Put a charge counter on this artifact. At the beginning of your first main phase, remove all charge counters from this artifact. Add one mana of any color for each charge counter removed this way.

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Talisman of Dominance
$1.04

Talisman of Dominance

Core acceleration — 2-mana rock.

Talisman of Dominance

Artifact
Talisman of Dominance

Marvel Super Heroes Commander · #219

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {B}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

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Azorius Signet
$0.30

Azorius Signet

Core acceleration — 2-mana rock.

Azorius Signet

Artifact
Azorius Signet

Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander · #312

{1}, {T}: Add {W}{U}.

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Gilded Lotus
$0.54

Gilded Lotus

Flex pick — 5-mana rock.

Gilded Lotus

Artifact
Gilded Lotus

Marvel Super Heroes Commander · #199

{T}: Add three mana of any one color.

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Coldsteel Heart
$1.50

Coldsteel Heart

Flex pick — 2-mana rock.

Coldsteel Heart

Snow Artifact
Coldsteel Heart

Double Masters 2022 · #301

This artifact enters tapped. As this artifact enters, choose a color. {T}: Add one mana of the chosen color.

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