Hidden Cataract (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan) Near Mint Foil

Hidden Cataract Ready Play

Hidden Cataract rewards patient decks that plan ahead. Hidden Cataract enters the battlefield tapped and can tap for {U}, which makes it a reliable source of blue mana once it is online. Its second ability trades the land itself for card advantage by letting you pay 4{U}, tap and sacrifice it to Discover 4. The activation reads like a concentrated tutor effect that can net a low cost spell for free or add it to your hand.

In practice Hidden Cataract fits into control shells and value focused builds where a delayed payoff is acceptable. Use it when you can afford the tempo hit because the potential to cast a key removal or counterspell without paying its cost can swing a late game. The flavor ties to the Lost Caverns of Ixalan with an underground watercourse that hides usable secrets beneath the current.

Card Details:

• Mana Cost –
• Card Type – Land
• Subtypes – Cave
• Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Hidden Cataract enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {U}. 4{U}, {T}, Sacrifice Hidden Cataract: Discover 4. Activate only as a sorcery. (Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with mana value 4 or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)
• Power / Toughness –
• Loyalty –