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Castle Ardenvale

First printed in Throne of Eldraine (2019)

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Castle Ardenvale

Land

This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains.
tap: Add White.
2 genericWhiteWhite, tap: Create a 1/1 white Human creature token.

Without Ardenvale's loyalty, the realm would greedily devour itself.

Illustrated by
Volkan Baǵa

Legality

Rulings (2)

  • 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.

Prices

MTGO price: 0.006 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).

Modern In 3 of 319 decks (0.9%), most in Azorius Control

Staple: main deck, 2% of decks (#257) (last 120 days)

Share of decks
0.8%
▲ 0.3 vs previous 7 days
10 Aug: 2.2% 17 Aug: 1.8% 24 Aug: 3.4% 31 Aug: 4.4% 7 Sep: 3.2% 14 Sep: 1.8% 21 Sep: 2.1% 28 Sep: 0.9% 5 Oct: 0.4% 12 Oct: 0.1% 19 Oct: 0.5% 26 Oct: 0.8%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
3
3 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.0
in the main deck
Win rate
60%
1 top 8, leagues excluded
Weekly data
Week fromShare of decks
10 Aug2.2%
17 Aug1.8%
24 Aug3.4%
31 Aug4.4%
7 Sep3.2%
14 Sep1.8%
21 Sep2.1%
28 Sep0.9%
5 Oct0.4%
12 Oct0.1%
19 Oct0.5%
26 Oct0.8%

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Azorius Control 5.3% 6%
WR (unclassified) 1.9% 33%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Erode100%19.4
Wrath of the Skies100%16.2
Solitude100%7.1
Together
decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift
how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Best win rate

DeckRecord
Azorius Control
mlex in Modern Challenge 32
4-2
67%
WR
KOKOLOKO3435 in Modern Challenge 32
4-3
57%
WR
-=Alfa=- in Modern Challenge 32
4-3
57%

Leagues excluded: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
WR
KOKOLOKO3435,
1 main #22
of 66
4-3
WR
-=Alfa=-,
1 main #8 (top 8)
of 58
4-3
Azorius Control
mlex,
1 main #14
of 55
4-2

Commander In 4 of 719 decks (0.6%), most in Arabella, Abandoned Doll

Share of decks
0.6%
▲ 0.5 vs previous 7 days
17 Aug: 0.0% 24 Aug: 0.2% 31 Aug: 0.4% 7 Sep: 0.1% 14 Sep: 0.1% 21 Sep: 0.1% 28 Sep: 0.1% 5 Oct: 0.0% 12 Oct: 0.1% 19 Oct: 0.1% 26 Oct: 0.6%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
4
4 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.0
in the main deck
Win rate
–
1 top 8, leagues excluded
Weekly data
Week fromShare of decks
10 Aug–
17 Aug0.0%
24 Aug0.2%
31 Aug0.4%
7 Sep0.1%
14 Sep0.1%
21 Sep0.1%
28 Sep0.1%
5 Oct0.0%
12 Oct0.1%
19 Oct0.1%
26 Oct0.6%

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Arabella, Abandoned Doll 0.3% 50%
Commodore Guff 0.1% 100%
Emmara, Soul of the Accord 0.1% 100%
Zurgo Stormrender 0.1% 100%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Swords to Plowshares100%4.5
Sol Ring100%1.0
Clifftop Retreat75%38.5
Battlefield Forge75%19.3
Path to Exile75%8.6
Exotic Orchard75%1.9
Arcane Signet75%1.1
Command Tower75%0.9
Together
decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift
how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Best win rate

No results yet.

Leagues excluded: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Zurgo Stormrender
Danny Hannan,
1 main #24
of 29
0-1
Commodore Guff
Ashe Christian,
1 main #9
of 18
1-2
Emmara, Soul of the Accord
Fran,
1 main #17
of 28
0-2
Arabella, Abandoned Doll
Erin McKenzie,
1 main #5 (top 8)
of 16
2-1

Pioneer No decks in this period

No decks with this card in this period.

Vintage No decks in this period

No decks with this card in this period.

Duel Commander No decks in this period

Staple: main deck, 9% of decks (#274) (last 120 days)

No decks with this card in this period.