Consecrate Land
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant land
Enchanted land has indestructible and can't be enchanted by other Auras.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Limited Edition Alpha
- Price
- $35.88
- EDHREC rank
- #24424
Consecrate Land makes one of your lands indestructible and immune to enchantments — for one white mana, it shuts down Spreading Seas, Wasteland, and Field of Ruin cold. If you're running a land that wins the game, this is the cheapest lock you can put on it.
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 |
Consecrate Land is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, though it sees virtually no play outside Commander. In Legacy and Vintage the threat profile rarely targets individual lands in ways that demand a dedicated protection piece — those formats move too fast for a one-mana enchantment to pull weight. Commander is where Consecrate Land earns its slot: the game goes long, land destruction and land-turning effects like Annex or Spreading Seas are real, and protecting a combo land like Gaea's Cradle or Dark Depths is often worth a card. In Modern it's technically castable but rarely correct — run it only if your local meta is full of Blood Moon and Ghost Quarter.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Consecrate Land is genuinely hard to replace because no other card combines indestructibility and enchantment immunity on a land for one mana — Diplomatic Immunity gets close for creatures, but nothing mirrors it exactly for lands. Sejiri Steppe gives temporary protection at flash speed for free if you need a budget stand-in, and Sylvan Safekeeper sacrifices other lands to protect your key one, though both require more setup and don't lock the land down permanently the way Consecrate Land does.
Price Context
Current price
$35.88 premium tier
At $35.88, Consecrate Land sits firmly in the premium tier — expensive for a one-mana aura with no immediate board impact. The price is driven almost entirely by scarcity given its limited print run, and while demand from Cradle and Dark Depths decks keeps a floor under it, you're paying a steep premium for a narrow effect.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.