Mana Web
Artifact
Whenever a land an opponent controls is tapped for mana, tap all lands that player controls that could produce any type of mana that land could produce.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Weatherlight
- Price
- $17.19
- EDHREC rank
- #11334
Mana Web forces opponents to tap out whenever they tap any land for mana — one land used means all lands used until end of turn, which shuts down interaction on your turn cold. The cost is three mana and an artifact slot, and the payoff is real: every deck that wants to resolve threats without counterspells or combat tricks wants this effect.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Yurlok of Scorch Thrash
Yurlok of Scorch Thrash converts unspent mana into damage, and Mana Web ensures opponents are constantly sitting on full mana pools they cannot spend selectively — the combination punishes every land tap as both a damage trigger and a lockout.
Zo-Zu the Punisher
Zo-Zu the Punisher already taxes land plays, and Mana Web layers on a second axis of pain by collapsing opponents' ability to hold up reactive mana, making every turn they develop their board a turn they forfeit their shields.
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 |
Commander is where Mana Web earns its slot — four-player tables mean three opponents who want to hold up interaction, and a single artifact that blanket-denies that is a meaningful asymmetric effect if you build around it. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but irrelevant; faster formats end games before a three-mana do-nothing artifact generates enough value to matter. Oathbreaker has the same multiplayer logic as Commander, so the card is playable there too, but the smaller card pool and lower average game length shrink the window. The honest verdict: Mana Web is a Commander card.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
There is no direct budget replacement that replicates Mana Web's blanket effect on all lands simultaneously — Icy Manipulator can tap down individual lands but requires mana and targets one at a time, which is a steep step down in reach. If the goal is punishing mana development rather than locking reactive mana specifically, Thalia, Guardian of Thraben or Sphere of Resistance tax spells instead, covering different ground at lower prices but not substituting for what Mana Web actually does.
Price Context
Current price
$17.19 mid tier
At $17.19, Mana Web sits in the mid tier — expensive enough to feel like a deliberate include, cheap enough that it's not a barrier for a dedicated stax or group-slug build. It has a narrow enough home that demand is unlikely to spike, so the price is stable rather than climbing.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.