Captivating Cave
Mana Cost: -
Type: Land — Cave
Oracle Text:
{T}: Add {C}.
{1}, {T}: Add one mana of any color.
{4}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature. Activate only as a sorcery.
Power/Toughness: -/-
Rarity: common
Prints: View all prints (1) →
Expansion: The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
Price ( USD): $0.20
USD: $0.20 · EUR: €0.06
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Character Background
Captivating Cave feels like a pragmatic, story-friendly utility land: it’s a safe early colorless source, a one-mana tap-for-any-color fixer, and a late-game sacrifice that turns a land into two +1/+1 counters on a creature. That mix makes it best for value- and midrange-oriented decks (and limited decks) that want reliable color fixing and a repeatable, if slow, way to grow key creatures rather than for pure tempo or aggro. Build it into green or +1/+1-counter synergies—Hardened Scales, Winding Constrictor, or Doubling Season turn that sacrifice into significantly more power; Crucible of Worlds or Ramunap Excavator plus Life from the Loam lets you replay and resac the Cave for repeated pumps. Remember the sacrifice is sorcery-speed and costly, so plan activations around turning a stalled game into a decisive combat step; two counters is small but, in the right shell, becomes a steady engine of incremental advantage.
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