Capital City
Land — Town
: Add 
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, : Add one mana of any color.
Cycling 
(, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Final Fantasy
- Price
- $0.26
- EDHREC rank
- #4169
Capital City enters tapped, which is the full cost — you get a land that makes any color and cycles for two mana, turning a stranded land drop into a fresh card late in the game. In The Wandering Minstrel decks, that cycling trigger is the whole point, not a consolation prize.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Wandering Minstrel
The Wandering Minstrel cares about cycling triggers, and Capital City is one of the few lands that provides exactly that — so at 53% inclusion it's essentially a default inclusion, giving the deck a land drop that also advances the cycling count without costing a spell slot.
Gavi, Nest Warden
Gavi, Nest Warden rewards the first cycle each turn with a free token, and Capital City lets a land drop double as that trigger — at 28% inclusion it's a clean role-player in any Gavi build that wants to maximize cycling density.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Capital City is legal everywhere except Pauper, but the only format where it earns consistent play is Commander. Constructed formats — Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy — demand untapped lands and punish enter-tapped cycle lands that don't immediately impact the board; Capital City doesn't compete with the fetchlands and dual lands those formats run. In Commander, the 99-card singleton constraint means cycle-matters strategies actively want every qualifying land they can find, and Capital City fills that slot efficiently. Outside dedicated cycling commanders, it's still a passable fixing land in three- or four-color decks that want the late-game safety valve of cycling into action.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.26 bulk tier
At $0.26, Capital City is bulk — you're not paying for anything except the cardboard. That price is unlikely to move meaningfully unless a breakout cycling commander drives sudden demand, so buy the copies you need now and don't think twice about it.
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Sources
Mentioned
- The Wandering Minstrel
- Gavi, Nest Warden
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.