Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid
Land — Town // Sorcery — Adventure
This land enters tapped.
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- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Final Fantasy Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #1366
Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid enters as a land that taps for colorless and mills two cards, then flips into a sorcery that lets you cast a spell from your graveyard for free — the back half is where the real power lives. The Wandering Minstrel decks run it because a free cast off the top of a stocked graveyard can end a game, and the entry cost is just a land drop.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Wandering Minstrel
The Wandering Minstrel mills aggressively and rewards graveyard density, making Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid a land that actively fuels the engine on the way in and then cashes out as a free spell later.
Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER cares about Final Fantasy flavor and graveyard recursion lines, and Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid pulls double duty as both a thematic land and a late-game free-cast threat.
Kuja, Genome Sorcerer
Kuja, Genome Sorcerer wants a stocked graveyard to power up spell-based engines, and Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid mills on entry and then converts that graveyard depth into a free spell at the right moment.
Jenova, Ancient Calamity
Jenova, Ancient Calamity runs reanimation and big-spell synergies where Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid slots in as a land that self-mills on arrival and later recasts something expensive without spending mana.
Edea, Possessed Sorceress
Edea, Possessed Sorceress leverages spell-cast triggers and graveyard value, so Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid's back half generating a free cast is a clean trigger source that also comes in as a land drop.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid does its best work — the land side costs nothing in terms of card slots, the mill-two is incremental setup, and the free cast off Reactor Raid can break open a late-game stall at instant-analogous timing for zero mana. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer it faces stiff competition from more efficient dual lands, and a land that enters untapped only tapping for colorless is a real cost in tempo-sensitive decks. Legacy and Vintage have even higher bars for land slots, so it sees essentially no play there outside dedicated Final Fantasy-flavored lists. Standard is legally fine but the card will appeal primarily to Final Fantasy themed builds rather than competitive ladders. Pauper is the only format where it's off the table entirely.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Sources
Mentioned
- The Wandering Minstrel
- Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
- Kuja, Genome Sorcerer
- Jenova, Ancient Calamity
- Edea, Possessed Sorceress
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.