Crumbling Necropolis
Land
This land enters tapped.
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- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BRU
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander
- Price
- $0.37
- EDHREC rank
- #357
Crumbling Necropolis enters untapped and immediately fixes all three colors — blue, black, and red — at no additional cost beyond the land drop itself. The catch is that it always enters tapped, so it costs you a tempo in the early turns; in slower Grixis piles like Admiral Brass, Unsinkable that trade rarely matters, but in faster metas it can sting.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Admiral Brass, Unsinkable
Admiral Brass, Unsinkable runs a heavily Grixis-colored Pirate tribal engine that demands consistent access to all three colors from the earliest turns, and Crumbling Necropolis delivers that fixing reliably enough that over 75% of Admiral Brass builds include it.
Davros, Dalek Creator
Davros, Dalek Creator operates in Grixis and needs black mana early and blue-red mana to follow — Crumbling Necropolis slots in as a no-thought include when your commander's color identity demands all three.
Sauron, Lord of the Rings
Sauron, Lord of the Rings sits in Grixis and leans on reliable three-color fixing to cast threats on curve; Crumbling Necropolis is one of the cheapest ways to guarantee that access, which is why nearly three-quarters of Sauron lists run it.
Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor
Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor is a Grixis curses deck that can afford the enter-tapped tempo hit in exchange for guaranteed three-color fixing, and Crumbling Necropolis fills that role at bulk price.
Don Andres, the Renegade
Don Andres, the Renegade needs blue, black, and red online consistently to execute its theft and piracy gameplan, and Crumbling Necropolis is simply one of the most accessible pieces of Grixis fixing available.
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 |
Commander is where Crumbling Necropolis does all of its real work — Grixis is one of the most popular three-color combinations in the format, and tapped tri-lands are a staple budget fix when you can't afford the full suite of shock and fetch lands. In Legacy and Vintage, the card is technically legal but irrelevant; those formats punish entering-tapped lands harshly enough that Crumbling Necropolis never sees competitive play. Modern follows the same logic — the tempo cost of a tapped land in a format defined by turns two and three is prohibitive, and better options exist. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander in its permissiveness toward slower mana, so the card has a niche there in Grixis builds, though the smaller 60-card format slightly compresses timelines.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.37 bulk tier
At $0.37, Crumbling Necropolis is firmly bulk and has been for years — mass printings keep the ceiling low and there's no realistic scenario where demand outpaces supply for a tapped tri-land. Buy it for the fixing, not for any expectation of appreciation.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Admiral Brass, Unsinkable
- Davros, Dalek Creator
- Sauron, Lord of the Rings
- Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor
- Don Andres, the Renegade
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.