Matzalantli, the Great Door (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan) Light Play

Gatekeeper of the Caverns

Matzalantli, the Great Door is a compact engine in artifact builds that wants to turn uptime into card advantage. Matzalantli, the Great Door gives a reliable one for one that filters your draw step into usable resources. Use the tap ability to replace a draw with a discard to sculpt your graveyard or find a card to pitch to other graveyard synergies.

The transform line matters in decks that lean on multiple permanent types. If you can get four or more permanent types into your graveyard then Matzalantli, the Great Door becomes a late game threat with new functionality. It fits comfortably into decks that value recursion, artifacts and toolbox plays and rewards careful sequencing and graveyard planning rather than brute force.

Card Details:

• Mana Cost – {3}
• Card Type – Legendary Artifact
• Subtypes –
• Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card. 4, {T}: Transform Matzalantli, the Great Door. Activate only if there are four or more permanent types among cards in your graveyard. (Artifact, battle, creature, enchantment, land, and planeswalker are permanent types.)
• Power / Toughness – N A