Pillar of the Paruns
Land
: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a multicolored spell.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Tales of Middle-earth Commander
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #6316
Pillar of the Paruns taps for one mana of any color in your commander's color identity, but only to cast multicolored spells — a restriction that barely registers in a deck built around them. In General Ferrous Rokiric, where every multicolored spell is the point, this is essentially a five-color Mox with a negligible downside.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
General Ferrous Rokiric
General Ferrous Rokiric demands you cast multicolored spells as fast as possible, and Pillar of the Paruns is perfectly calibrated for that — every activation fuels exactly the spells triggering his Golem factory, making the restriction functionally irrelevant.
Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot
Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot wants to chain multicolored instants and sorceries for prowess triggers, and Pillar of the Paruns smooths out any color-fixing problem that comes with that gameplan without ever producing dead mana.
Aragorn, the Uniter
Aragorn, the Uniter rewards casting multicolored spells across all five trigger conditions, and Pillar of the Paruns ensures you always hit the right color for whichever spell fires off his abilities next.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Pillar of the Paruns is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker — but outside Commander it rarely sees play, because multicolor-heavy decks in 60-card formats don't need a land that bricks on ramp spells and single-color interaction. Commander is where it earns its slot: five-color and heavily multicolored commanders often struggle with color consistency, and Pillar of the Paruns offers a painless fixing land that never enters tapped. The restriction is close to invisible in the right shell, and in the wrong shell — a deck with significant mono-colored spells — it's a land that occasionally does nothing, which is a real cost.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Pricing data for Pillar of the Paruns isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the latest figures before buying. It has seen multiple printings, which historically keeps the floor accessible — if you're building a multicolor Commander deck that qualifies, it's worth picking up rather than waiting.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.