Ebon Stronghold
Land
This land enters tapped.
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- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Beatdown Box Set
- Price
- $0.47
- EDHREC rank
- #10575
Ebon Stronghold taps for two black mana on the turn you need a burst — but it enters tapped and costs you a land drop that does nothing the turn it arrives. In mono-black commanders like Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire, where activating Boast abilities demands extra black mana on a specific turn, that conditional upside is occasionally worth the tempo hit, but it rarely clears the bar over a basic Swamp.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire's Boast ability costs two black mana on top of attacking, so Ebon Stronghold fills the role of emergency burst mana on the turn you need to tutor — though the enters-tapped clause still means you're planning a full turn ahead.
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 |
Ebon Stronghold is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees essentially no competitive play in Legacy or Vintage, where a land that enters tapped is disqualifying. In Commander it finds a narrow home in mono-black decks that want a one-shot burst of two black mana — typically to activate a costly ability on a key turn — but most builds cut it in favor of lands that provide consistent, untapped mana. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander: the burst mode is situationally useful, the tempo loss is real, and better options exist at every budget.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.47 bulk tier
At $0.47, Ebon Stronghold sits firmly in bulk territory, and that price is stable — there's no competitive demand pulling it upward. It's a penny-bin pickup if you want the effect, but the effect itself rarely justifies a deck slot.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.