Foundry of the Consuls
Land
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, , Sacrifice this land: Create two 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature tokens with flying.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Commander 2018
- Price
- $0.35
- EDHREC rank
- #9587
Foundry of the Consuls enters tapped and costs five mana to crack, but the payoff is two 1/1 Thopter tokens with flying — relevant blockers, sacrifice fodder, or artifact creatures for commanders that care about any of those three things. It's a utility land that earns its slot in artifact-heavy or token-synergy builds, and costs you nothing but a land slot to run.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Graaz, Unstoppable Juggernaut
Graaz, Unstoppable Juggernaut turns every creature into a 7/5 Juggernaut, so the two Thopters from Foundry of the Consuls become two surprise 7/5 flyers — evasive threats that hit hard even without additional support.
Saheeli, the Gifted
Saheeli, the Gifted reduces the cost of artifacts, and Foundry of the Consuls feeds her go-wide artifact-creature count while providing free bodies that scale with any anthem or token-doubling effect in the deck.
The Capitoline Triad
The Capitoline Triad rewards controlling multiple artifact creatures, and Foundry of the Consuls delivers two of them on demand with flying — exactly the kind of repeatable, no-card-cost contribution the deck wants from its land slots.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Foundry of the Consuls is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it only meaningfully shows up in Commander, where the singleton format and slower pace let a tap-land that doubles as a token engine justify its slot. In competitive 60-card formats the five-mana activation is simply too slow — Modern and Pioneer have better token producers that don't eat a land drop, and Legacy and Vintage have no interest. Commander is the format where Foundry of the Consuls earns real play: artifact-token synergies, sacrifice outlets, and flying blockers all overlap with popular archetypes, and a land that converts mana into board presence in the late game is exactly what utility land slots are for.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.35 bulk tier
At $0.35, Foundry of the Consuls sits firmly in bulk territory — you're picking it up as a throw-in or from a common box, not making a purchase decision. Bulk utility lands don't swing in price, so expect it to stay at or near this floor indefinitely.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Graaz, Unstoppable Juggernaut
- Saheeli, the Gifted
- The Capitoline Triad
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.