Castle Vantress
Castle Vantress: Land, Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander. This land enters tapped unless you control an Island. Tap: Add U. 2UU, Tap: Scry 2. On Mana Grove.
- Mana value
- 0
- Type
- Land
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC)
- Released
- 2024-09-27
- Collector number
- 267
- Artist
- John Avon
- Commander rank
- 990 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Scry
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About Castle Vantress
Castle Vantress is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue land from Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC), a Commander product released in September 2024. It is collector number 267 in that set, with art by John Avon. As a land, it has no mana cost. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Throne of Eldraine (2019) to Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.34 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
This land enters tapped unless you control an Island.
{T}: Add {U}.
{2}{U}{U}, {T}: Scry 2.
Without Vantress's knowledge, the realm would lose itself in darkness.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.34 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Castle Vantress 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 Vantress
Castle Vantress has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Modern Horizons 3 Commander (M3C) #327 | Rare | 2024 |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) #885 | Rare | 2022 |
| Throne of Eldraine (ELD) #242 | Rare | 2019 |
| Throne of Eldraine (ELD) #390 | Rare | 2019 |
| Throne of Eldraine Promos (PELD) #242p | Rare | 2019 |
| Throne of Eldraine Promos (PELD) #242s | Rare | 2019 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Castle Vantress, 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
Other land cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Castle Vantress is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.