Restless Fortress
Restless Fortress: Land, Wilds of Eldraine. This land enters tapped. Tap: Add W or B. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana value
- 0
- Type
- Land
- Colour identity
- White and black (WB)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Wilds of Eldraine (WOE)
- Released
- 2023-09-08
- Collector number
- 259
- Artist
- Piotr Dura
- Commander rank
- 4,524 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Restless Fortress
Restless Fortress is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white and black land from Wilds of Eldraine (WOE), an expansion set released in September 2023. It is collector number 259 in that set, with art by Piotr Dura. As a land, it has no mana cost. Its colour identity is white and black. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.69 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add {W} or {B}.
{2}{W}{B}: This land becomes a 1/4 white and black Nightmare creature until end of turn. It's still a land.
Whenever this land attacks, defending player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.69 (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 Restless Fortress by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Restless Fortress
Restless Fortress has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Wilds of Eldraine Promos (PWOE) #259p | Rare | 2023 |
| Wilds of Eldraine Promos (PWOE) #259s | Rare | 2023 |
| Wilds of Eldraine (WOE) #305 | Rare | 2023 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Restless Fortress, newest first.
- If this becomes a creature but you haven't controlled it continuously since your most recent turn began, you won't be able to activate its mana ability or attack with it that turn.
- If this becomes a creature because of an effect other than its own ability, its last ability will still trigger whenever it attacks.
Similar cards
Other land cards with a white and black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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