Captivating Cave
Land — Cave
: Add 
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, : Add one mana of any color.
, , Sacrifice this land: Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature. Activate only as a sorcery.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
- Price
- $0.26
- EDHREC rank
- #5788
Captivating Cave enters tapped and taps for colorless, but its real job is putting a +1/+1 counter on a creature — relevant text for any commander that cares about counters. Outside of dedicated counter synergies, it's a slow land that does almost nothing, so skip it everywhere else.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate
Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate scales directly off the number of +1/+1 counters distributed across your creatures, making Captivating Cave a land slot that doubles as a counter engine — one activation keeps Omarthis growing without spending a spell slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Captivating Cave earns a slot only in decks where every counter trigger matters — Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate being the clearest example. Everywhere else, a tapped colorless land with a five-mana activation is too slow to justify the slot. In competitive constructed formats — Modern, Pioneer, Legacy — Captivating Cave doesn't clear the bar; lands need to produce colored mana or generate immediate tempo, and this does neither. Pauper is the one constructed context where a utility land with incremental upside can sneak in, but even there the five-mana cost is a steep ask for a single counter.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.26 bulk tier
At $0.26, Captivating Cave is bulk — you can pick one up without thinking about the cost. Bulk lands with narrow application don't tend to move on price, so there's no urgency either way.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.