Ancient Ziggurat

Ancient Ziggurat card image

Ancient Ziggurat: Land, Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander. Tap: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a creature spell. On Mana Grove.

Mana value
0
Type
Land
Colour identity
Colourless
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (ECC)
Released
2026-01-23
Collector number
144
Artist
John Avon
Commander rank
2,595 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Ancient Ziggurat

Ancient Ziggurat is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon colourless land from Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (ECC), a Commander product released in January 2026. It is collector number 144 in that set, with art by John Avon. As a land, it has no mana cost. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 7 sets, from Conflux (2009) to Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.67 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

{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.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.67 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Ancient Ziggurat by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other printings of Ancient Ziggurat

Ancient Ziggurat has been printed in 7 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Historic Anthology 3 (HA3) #26Uncommon2020
The List (PLST) #CON-141Uncommon2019
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #43562Uncommon2014
Friday Night Magic 2010 (F10) #3Rare2010
Premium Deck Series: Slivers (H09) #31Uncommon2009
Conflux (CON) #141Uncommon2009

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Ancient Ziggurat, newest first.

  • 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).
  • 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.

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