Calciform Pools
Land
: Add 
.
, : Put a storage counter on this land., Remove X storage counters from this land: Add X mana in any combination of 
and/or 
.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Time Spiral
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #11189
Calciform Pools enters tapped, which is the real cost — but what you get back is a land that banks mana across turns and can cash it all in at once. In a format full of expensive spells and late-game mana sinks, that stored value is worth the tempo hit.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Calciform Pools is a Commander card through and through — the storage mechanic rewards long games where you can load up counters over several turns and then dump the mana into a game-ending spell. In competitive Legacy and Vintage, entering tapped is a near-disqualifying drawback, and fast mana makes slow storage redundant, so it sees no real play there. Modern's format speed is only marginally kinder; Calciform Pools occasionally surfaces in fringe prison or big-mana shells, but it's fringe at best. Commander is the one format slow enough to make the payoff land.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Calciform Pools is firmly bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in and cheap to acquire in quantity. The price is stable; demand is steady but narrow, and nothing on the horizon is likely to move it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.