Fountain of Cho
Land
This land enters tapped.
: Put a storage counter on this land., Remove any number of storage counters from this land: Add 
for each storage counter removed this way.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Mercadian Masques
- Price
- $0.42
- EDHREC rank
- #20094
Fountain of Cho taps for one white mana and lets you pay two to untap it — that activated ability costs more than it returns, making this a net-negative mana engine in every realistic scenario. Run a basic Plains instead.
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 |
Fountain of Cho is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but that breadth of legality overstates its usefulness. In Commander, 100-card singleton demands lands that pull real weight — Fountain of Cho does not, and any basic Plains outperforms it without the dead-mana activation text. In Legacy and Vintage, the card sees no competitive play; the formats move too fast for a land that can functionally tap for nothing. Oathbreaker is the same story: slot a basic.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.42 bulk tier
At $0.42, Fountain of Cho sits in bulk territory, and the price is already generous for what it does. Demand is low enough that this is unlikely to climb, so there is no financial reason to hold copies.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.