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Land
Legal Salt 1.06Rank #189
, 
: Add 
for each Swamp you control.
Why is this card good?
Cabal Coffers is the engine that turns mono-black (and black-heavy) decks into ramp powerhouses. The math is simple: pay 2 to untap a flood of black mana, and once you control 5+ Swamps you're netting profit every activation. By the midgame it's often producing 8-12 mana in a single tap, fueling X-spells, expensive bombs, and reanimation chains.
It pairs beautifully with Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth, which makes all your lands Swamps—including nonbasics and even opponents' lands. That two-card combo is a staple in K'rrik, Liliana, Sheoldred, and any big-mana black deck. Land doublers like Thespian's Stage copies and Deserted Temple untaps push it further into broken territory.
Run it in mono-black or decks with a high Swamp count. Skip it in multicolor decks light on actual Swamps—if you only run 6-7 basics, it's a slow, mediocre rock that does little before turn 6. It also does nothing the turn it enters, so it's a payoff, not early ramp.
Related cards
Cabal Stronghold
Near-identical effect adding B per basic Swamp.
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
Devotion-based mass mana producer for mono-black.
Deserted Temple
Untaps Coffers for double activation.
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Makes all lands Swamps, boosting Coffers output massively.
Crypt Ghast
Doubles black mana and adds Swamp-extort synergy.
Magus of the Coffers
Creature version of Cabal Coffers.
Nirkana Revenant
Doubles black mana like Coffers payoff.
Vesuva
Can copy Coffers for redundant big mana.
Printings (9)
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Combos (8)
- Rings of Brighthearth + Deserted Temple + Cabal Coffers
→ Infinite mana lands you control can produce, Infinite black mana, Infinite untap of lands you control
- Magus of the Candelabra + Maze of Ith + Cabal Coffers
→ Infinite mana lands you control can produce, Infinite black mana, Infinite untap of lands you control
- Kitsa, Otterball Elite + Frantic Search + Minamo, School at Water's Edge + Cabal Coffers
→ Infinite self-discard triggers, Infinite draw triggers, Infinite looting
- Derevi, Empyrial Tactician + Emiel the Blessed + Cabal Coffers
→ Infinite LTB, Infinite ETB, Infinite blinking
- The Enigma Jewel // Locus of Enlightenment + Deserted Temple + Cabal Coffers
→ Infinite mana lands you control can produce, Infinite black mana, Infinite untap of lands you control
- Cabal Coffers + Onyx Talisman + Lab Rats
→ Infinite ETB, Infinite storm count, Infinite creature tokens
Rulings (1)
- 2021-06-18
The mana ability of Cabal Coffers counts each land you control with the subtype Swamp, not just ones named Swamp.