Sunken Citadel (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan) Near Mint Foil

Citadel of Chosen Currents

Sunken Citadel gives you a predictable tempo cost and a meaningful payoff. Sunken Citadel enters the battlefield tapped and asks you to choose a color, so the decision matters the turn it arrives. As a land that can produce one mana immediately after untapping and can convert into a two mana engine under the right conditions this card fits in midrange and control shells that prize flexible mana sources and redundancy.

Practical lore informs the mechanical role. The citadel sits submerged in a cavern where tides rearrange ley lines, which is reflected in the card text requiring a color choice and a restricted double mana ability. Use Sunken Citadel as a stopgap while you cast your ramp spells or as a shortcut to activate other land abilities when you need that extra burst of mana for a combo or utility activation.

Card Details:

• Mana Cost:
• Card Type: Land
• Subtypes: Cave
• Card Text / Rules Text (Printed): Sunken Citadel enters the battlefield tapped. As it enters, choose a color. {T}: Add one mana of the chosen color. {T}: Add two mana of the chosen color. Spend this mana only to activate abilities of land sources.
• Power / Toughness: N A
• Loyalty: N A