Castle Embereth
Land
This land enters tapped unless you control a Mountain.
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, : Creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander
- Price
- $0.31
- EDHREC rank
- #1046
Castle Embereth pumps your entire attacking army for one mana — that's a combat trick stapled to a land, and the only cost is entering tapped if you don't control a Mountain. In token-heavy red decks like Neyali, Suns' Vanguard, a board-wide +1/+0 at instant speed regularly closes games that would otherwise stall.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Neyali, Suns' Vanguard
Neyali, Suns' Vanguard generates a constant stream of attacking tokens, and Castle Embereth turns that flood of bodies into a lethal alpha strike for a single red mana — the activation pairs directly with the double-strike trigger Neyali hands out.
Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald
Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald churns out Wolf tokens whenever spells are cast from exile or opponents play from outside their hands, and Castle Embereth gives that growing pack a free power boost on the turn it matters most.
Zurgo Stormrender
Zurgo Stormrender fills the board with Goblin tokens off each spell cast, and Castle Embereth converts that wide board into a credible combat threat without spending a card slot on a dedicated anthem.
Pia Nalaar, Consul of Revival
Pia Nalaar, Consul of Revival assembles artifact tokens and modular creatures across multiple combat steps, and Castle Embereth stacks on top of any existing buffs to push through the last points of damage.
Otharri, Suns' Glory
Otharri, Suns' Glory accrues experience counters and builds an army of tokens with each attack, making Castle Embereth a reliable finisher that scales in value the longer Otharri stays in play.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Castle Embereth earns its slot on rate alone — a land that doubles as a repeatable combat finisher asks almost nothing in deckbuilding concessions, and mono-red or red-heavy token strategies will trigger the enter-tapped condition rarely if ever. In Modern and Pioneer, aggressive red decks occasionally run it as a one-of mana sink, but it competes with more direct payoffs and rarely makes the cut in tuned lists. Legacy and Vintage have the same access but faster clocks that make a three-mana-activation land look slow; it sees essentially no play there. Castle Embereth is at its best in the slower, board-centric games Commander produces, where a single activation can swing a stalled table.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.31 bulk tier
At $0.31, Castle Embereth sits firmly in bulk territory and is one of the easiest auto-includes a red token deck can make on a budget. The price has been stable — it's widely printed and not a scarce pickup, so there's no urgency beyond just sleeving one up.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.