Concealed Courtyard
Land
This land enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands.
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- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Kaladesh
- Price
- $1.26
- EDHREC rank
- #1145
Concealed Courtyard enters untapped on turns one and two — the turns that matter most — making it functionally a dual land in the early game for any Orzhov shell. The cost is a single downside clause that never triggers when you're curving out, and Karlov of the Ghost Council runs it in nearly a third of all builds for exactly that reason.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Karlov of the Ghost Council
Karlov of the Ghost Council lives and dies on hitting two-drop lifegain pieces on curve, and Concealed Courtyard guarantees the white-black mana to do it without a tempo penalty in the first two turns.
Teysa, Orzhov Scion
Teysa, Orzhov Scion needs both colors functional by turn three to start generating tokens, and Concealed Courtyard is one of the cheapest ways to ensure that without running a tapped land.
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 |
In Commander, Concealed Courtyard is a staple — any two-color Orzhov deck that isn't on a strict budget should run it, and most do. In Pioneer and Modern, it slots into Orzhov midrange and aggressive shells where untapped dual lands are the baseline expectation, and the late-game downside is essentially irrelevant against the competition. Legacy and Vintage have access to fetchable duals that outclass it, so Concealed Courtyard rarely makes the cut there. Across every format where it's legal, the card earns its slot in the early game and becomes a non-factor by mid-game — which is the best-case scenario for a land.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.26 cheap tier
At $1.26, Concealed Courtyard sits in the sweet spot where there's no budget excuse to skip it in an Orzhov Commander deck. Fastlands at this price tier hold relatively stable demand — they're not flashy enough to spike but too useful to crater.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.