Castle Embereth

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Castle Embereth: Land, Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander. This land enters tapped unless you control a Mountain. Tap: Add R. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.

Mana value
0
Type
Land
Colour identity
Red (R)
Rarity
Rare
Set
Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC)
Released
2025-04-11
Collector number
347
Artist
Jaime Jones
Commander rank
1,070 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Castle Embereth

Castle Embereth is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red land from Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC), a Commander product released in April 2025. It is collector number 347 in that set, with art by Jaime Jones. As a land, it has no mana cost. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 7 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 2026-11-02).

Card text

This land enters tapped unless you control a Mountain.

{T}: Add {R}.

{1}{R}{R}, {T}: Creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.

Without Embereth's courage, the realm would falter and fall.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.36 (as of 2026-11-02).

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

Format legality

Legality of Castle Embereth by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Castle Embereth

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

PrintingRarityYear
The List (PLST) #ONC-150Rare2026
Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander (ONC) #150Rare2023
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) #883Rare2022
New Capenna Commander (NCC) #392Rare2022
Throne of Eldraine (ELD) #239Rare2019
Throne of Eldraine (ELD) #387Rare2019
Throne of Eldraine Promos (PELD) #239pRare2019
Throne of Eldraine Promos (PELD) #239sRare2019

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Castle Embereth, newest first.

  • 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.
  • Although the common lands have basic land types, they aren't basic lands.

Similar cards

Other land cards with a red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.

In these precons

Castle Embereth is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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