Castle Ardenvale
Castle Ardenvale: Land, Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander. This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains. Tap: Add W. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana value
- 0
- Type
- Land
- Colour identity
- White (W)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC)
- Released
- 2025-04-11
- Collector number
- 346
- Artist
- Volkan Baǵa
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About Castle Ardenvale
Castle Ardenvale is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white land from Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC), a Commander product released in April 2025. It is collector number 346 in that set, with art by Volkan Baǵa. As a land, it has no mana cost. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 9 sets, from Throne of Eldraine (2019) to Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.36 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains.
{T}: Add {W}.
{2}{W}{W}, {T}: Create a 1/1 white Human creature token.
Without Ardenvale's loyalty, the realm would greedily devour itself.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.36 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Castle Ardenvale by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Castle Ardenvale
Castle Ardenvale has been printed in 9 sets. The 12 most recent other printings are listed here, newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Bloomburrow Commander (BLC) #298 | Rare | 2024 |
| Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC) #253 | Rare | 2024 |
| Wilds of Eldraine Commander (WOC) #154 | Rare | 2023 |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #361 | Mythic | 2023 |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #391 | Mythic | 2023 |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #391z | Mythic | 2023 |
| Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander (ONC) #149 | Rare | 2023 |
| New Capenna Commander (NCC) #391 | Rare | 2022 |
| Throne of Eldraine (ELD) #238 | Rare | 2019 |
| Throne of Eldraine (ELD) #386 | Rare | 2019 |
| Throne of Eldraine Promos (PELD) #238p | Rare | 2019 |
| Throne of Eldraine Promos (PELD) #238s | Rare | 2019 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Castle Ardenvale, newest first.
- Although the common lands have basic land types, they aren't basic lands.
- Once the common lands (such as Mystic Sanctuary) enter the battlefield tapped, there's no way to untap them with a spell or ability to make their last ability trigger.
Similar cards
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