Throne of the High City
Throne of the High City: Land, Murders at Karlov Manor Commander. Tap: Add Colorless. 4, Tap, Sacrifice this land: You become the monarch. On Mana Grove.
- Mana value
- 0
- Type
- Land
- Colour identity
- Colourless
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC)
- Released
- 2024-02-09
- Collector number
- 307
- Artist
- Titus Lunter
- Commander rank
- 4,392 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Throne of the High City
Throne of the High City is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare colourless land from Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC), a Commander product released in February 2024. It is collector number 307 in that set, with art by Titus Lunter. As a land, it has no mana cost. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Conspiracy: Take the Crown (2016) to Marvel Super Heroes Commander (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.32 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
{T}: Add {C}.
{4}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: You become the monarch.
A shining symbol of Paliano's true ruler-ambition.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.32 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Throne of the High City by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Throne of the High City
Throne of the High City has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Marvel Super Heroes Commander (MSC) #274 | Rare | 2026 |
| Marvel Super Heroes Commander (MSC) #500 | Rare | 2026 |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #339 | Rare | 2023 |
| Treasure Chest (PZ2) #73 | Rare | 2016 |
| Conspiracy: Take the Crown (CN2) #80 | Rare | 2016 |
Official rulings
Four official rulings apply to Throne of the High City, newest first.
- Abilities that trigger whenever you "become the monarch" trigger only if you aren't already the monarch. For example, if you are already the monarch as Custodi Lich enters the battlefield, its last ability won't trigger.
- Being the monarch carries two inherent triggered abilities. "At the beginning of the monarch's end step, that player draws a card" and "Whenever a creature deals combat damage to the monarch, its controller becomes the monarch."
- If the triggered ability that causes the monarch to draw a card goes on the stack, and a different player becomes the monarch before that ability resolves, the first player will still draw the card.
- The game starts with no monarch. Once an effect makes one player the monarch, the game will have exactly one monarch from that point forward.
Similar cards
Other land cards with no colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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Throne of the High City is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.
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