Pit of Offerings
Land — Cave
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, exile up to three target cards from graveyards.
: Add 
.: Add one mana of any of the exiled cards' colors.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
- Price
- $0.33
- EDHREC rank
- #3322
Pit of Offerings puts a land directly onto the battlefield — not into your hand — the turn you cast it, which is the whole reason it exists. The cost is real: you sacrifice two other lands, so you're trading down in count to spike one land's power level, which only makes sense in decks that want a specific land badly enough to pay that price, and Ketramose, the New Dawn is the poster child for that deal.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ketramose, the New Dawn
Ketramose, the New Dawn's engine runs on specific land types entering the battlefield, and Pit of Offerings is one of the fastest ways to fetch exactly the land Ketramose needs mid-game — paying two lands to immediately trigger Ketramose's ability is a net gain when that trigger draws cards or generates mana.
Radha, Heir to Keld
Radha, Heir to Keld wants lands entering on your turn to fuel her combat mana, and Pit of Offerings delivers a land drop on demand even when you've already played for the turn — the sacrifice cost is softened in a deck that treats every land as a resource to be converted into speed.
Lumra, Bellow of the Woods
Lumra, Bellow of the Woods cares about lands entering the battlefield, and Pit of Offerings triggers Lumra's ability while also fetching a high-value land — doubling as a tutor and a trigger makes the two-land sacrifice worth it in a deck built to recoup card advantage off every land drop.
Umbris, Fear Manifest
Umbris, Fear Manifest exiles from opponent libraries whenever a Horror or Nightmare enters, and Pit of Offerings slots in here as a utility fetch for the specific nonbasic lands that keep the exile engine consistent — the inclusion rate reflects how much the deck needs reliable access to key lands rather than a deep synergy with Umbris directly.
Zoraline, Cosmos Caller
Zoraline, Cosmos Caller's value scales with hitting specific land drops at specific times, and Pit of Offerings acts as an insurance policy — if you're missing a key dual or utility land, Pit finds it onto the battlefield immediately rather than leaving it to chance.
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 |
Pit of Offerings is a Commander card almost exclusively — the sacrifice-two-lands cost is too steep for formats where tempo and card efficiency dominate every decision. In Modern and Pioneer, you simply can't afford to set yourself back two lands for a tutor effect that doesn't win the game immediately. Legacy and Vintage have access to faster, less painful land tutors that don't require you to destroy your own board state. Commander is where Pit of Offerings earns its slot: in a 100-card singleton format with 40-life totals and slower games, sacrificing two lands on turn four or five to fetch a Cabal Coffers, Dark Depths, or Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle is a line that can win the game, and that's a trade worth making.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.33 bulk tier
At $0.33, Pit of Offerings is bulk — you're not paying a premium, and there's no reason to hesitate on picking up copies. Demand is niche enough that the price is unlikely to spike without a breakout deck, so treat it as a cheap role-player you grab when building and forget about financially.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.