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Forgotten Cave

Land

This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add {R}.
Cycling {R} ({R}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

CMC
0
Mana cost
Color identity
R
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Commander 2020
Price
$0.25
EDHREC rank
#812
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Forgotten Cave card art
Forgotten Cave enters tapped, which is a real cost, but it replaces itself on demand — cycle it for one mana whenever a land in hand is worse than a card. Commanders like Borborygmos Enraged and Gavi, Nest Warden treat that cycling trigger as a feature, not a consolation prize.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Gavi, Nest Warden

Gavi, Nest Warden

89.8% of decks · synergy 0.87

Gavi, Nest Warden lets you cycle Forgotten Cave for free once per turn, turning what is normally a one-mana cantrip land into a zero-cost trigger that generates a 2/2 Dinosaur Cat token. At nearly 90% inclusion, it's effectively a staple in every Gavi list.

03
Captain Howler, Sea Scourge

Captain Howler, Sea Scourge

58.4% of decks · synergy 0.52

Captain Howler, Sea Scourge cares about cycling and discarding, so Forgotten Cave doubles as both a land and a reliable trigger source. It shows up in more than half of all Captain Howler lists as cheap, repeatable fuel.

04
Anje Falkenrath

Anje Falkenrath

42.5% of decks · synergy 0.37

Anje Falkenrath untaps whenever you cycle or discard a madness card, and Forgotten Cave is one of the cleanest ways to fire that trigger without spending a card from hand. It appears in 42% of Anje decks as low-friction activation.

05
Rielle, the Everwise

Rielle, the Everwise

43.6% of decks · synergy 0.37

Rielle, the Everwise draws a card for each discard, so cycling Forgotten Cave nets a full card rather than just swapping a land — the tapped-land cost essentially vanishes. It's in 44% of Rielle lists as one of the most efficient cantrip lands available.

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 legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Forgotten Cave does its best work — the singleton rule means cycling lands are directly competing with 37 other land slots, and a land that replaces itself under the right commander is worth the enters-tapped tax. In Pauper, it sees genuine play as a budget cantrip land in cycling-synergy shells, where the one-mana cycle cost is low enough to run alongside Ash Barrens and similar cards. Legacy and Vintage allow it but have no meaningful reason to run it — those formats demand untapped lands and don't play commanders. Forgotten Cave is not legal in Pioneer or Standard, so those are non-questions.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.25 bulk tier

At $0.25, Forgotten Cave is deep bulk — pick up as many copies as you need without thinking about it. The price has been stable for years and is unlikely to move in either direction; this is a common-rarity utility land with no scarcity angle.

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