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Darksteel Garrison

Artifact — Fortification

Fortified land has indestructible.
Whenever fortified land becomes tapped, target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Fortify {3} ({3}: Attach to target land you control. Fortify only as a sorcery. This card enters unattached and stays on the battlefield if the land leaves.)

CMC
2
Mana cost
{2}
Color identity
C
Rarity
rare
Set
Future Sight
Price
$0.74
EDHREC rank
#19418
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Darksteel Garrison card art
Darksteel Garrison turns one land into an indestructible fortress and pumps the team whenever it attacks — for two mana to equip. The combo ceiling with Ashaya, Soul of the Wild makes every creature indestructible, which is the real reason this card earns a slot.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Darksteel Garrison does its best work, primarily because Ashaya, Soul of the Wild exists there and turns a modest fortify effect into a board-wide indestructibility shield. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but functionally ignored — both formats move too fast for a two-mana Equipment that only affects one land at a time without Ashaya present. Modern has access to both pieces but lacks the redundancy and slower clock that make the combo worth building around. Darksteel Garrison is a Commander card through and through.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

53 decks
Ashaya, Soul of the WildDarksteel GarrisonKrosan Restorer

Ashaya, Soul of the WildDarksteel GarrisonKrosan Restorer

Infinite colored mana; Infinitely large creatures you control until end of turn; Infinite untap of creatures and lands you control; Infinite untap of nontoken creatures you control; Infinite mana nontoken creatures you control can produce; Infinite mana lands you control can produce; Infinite untap of lands you control

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Price Context

Current price

$0.74 bulk tier

At $0.74, Darksteel Garrison sits firmly in bulk territory despite its niche combo role. The price is stable — it sees just enough Commander play to keep copies moving, but not enough demand to push it higher.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.