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Darksteel Citadel
Price$1.00 – $21.18
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Darksteel Citadel

Artifact Land

LegalRank #286

Indestructible

{T}: Add {C}.

KeywordsIndestructible

Why is this card good?

Darksteel Citadel is a quietly excellent inclusion in any deck that cares about artifacts. It enters untapped, taps for colorless, and being indestructible means it dodges board wipes that hit lands and survives things like Vandalblast or Bane of Progress that nuke artifacts. The real reasons to run it: - It's a free artifact that counts toward Affinity, metalcraft, "artifacts you control," and synergies with cards like Urza, Lord High Artificer (tap it for mana boost) or Ramos. - It powers up Tezzeret, Karn, and artifact-tribal commanders without costing you a real card slot. - Its indestructibility makes it a reliable target for Crystal Shard/blink loops or a permanent metalcraft enabler post-wipe. Best homes are artifact-matters decks: Urza, Breya, Jhoira, Osgir, Sydri. Don't play it in two-or-more-color decks where you can't afford a colorless-only land, or in decks with zero artifact synergy — it's strictly worse than a basic or tapland there. Its value is entirely contextual.

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Printings (17)

plstThe List · #C14-290U$1.41Buy
mb2Mystery Booster 2 · #107C$1.00Buy
brcThe Brothers' War Commander · #180U$4.05Buy
sldSecret Lair Drop · #608R$21.18Buy
c21Commander 2021 · #285U$3.91Buy
2xmDouble Masters · #315U$1.86Buy
plstThe List · #MM2-238C$1.40Buy
c18Commander 2018 · #241U$1.29Buy
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cm2Commander Anthology Volume II · #243U$1.51Buy
dduDuel Decks: Elves vs. Inventors · #65U$1.43Buy
c16Commander 2016 · #288U$1.32Buy
mm2Modern Masters 2015 · #238C$1.44Buy
c14Commander 2014 · #290U$1.71Buy
m15Magic 2015 · #242U$1.92Buy
ddfDuel Decks: Elspeth vs. Tezzeret · #72C$1.58Buy
wc04World Championship Decks 2004 · #mb164C$7.39Buy
dstDarksteel · #164C$4.26Buy

Played by these commanders

Urza, Chief Artificer100% of 1
Go-Shintai of Life's Origin100% of 1
Saheeli, the Gifted100% of 1
Daretti, Scrap Savant100% of 2
Osgir, the Reconstructor100% of 1
Breya, Etherium Shaper100% of 1

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