Curse of Marit Lage
Enchantment
When this enchantment enters, tap all Islands.
Islands don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Ice Age
- Price
- $0.75
- EDHREC rank
- #24875
Curse of Marit Lage locks a target player out of untapping their lands — a soft lock that snowballs fast in a format where missing land untaps means missing everything. At three mana for an enchantment that does nothing the turn it lands and folds to any enchantment removal, it earns its slot only in dedicated land-disruption shells, and Harbinger of the Seas is simply the stronger redundant piece in almost every case.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Curse of Marit Lage sees essentially no Legacy or Vintage play — those formats move too fast for a three-mana do-nothing enchantment to matter before the game is already decided. Commander is where it actually shows up, specifically in stax and land-denial builds that stack multiple effects to strand opponents on zero usable mana; one curse is ignorable, three lock pieces are a problem. Oathbreaker is legal but too fringe a format to shift the card's overall value. The card is not legal in Modern, Pioneer, Standard, or Pauper.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Harbinger of the SeasCurse of Marit Lage
Nonbasic lands do not untap; Lock; Mass Land Denial
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Curse of Marit LageStormtide Leviathan
Lands do not untap; Lock; Mass Land Denial
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Current price
$0.75 bulk tier
At $0.75, Curse of Marit Lage sits firmly in bulk territory — easy to pick up, easy to cut without regret. Bulk enchantments with narrow applications don't tend to spike unless a new commander pushes the archetype into the spotlight, so expect this price to stay flat.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.