Pyramids
Artifact
: Choose one —
• Destroy target Aura attached to a land.
• The next time target land would be destroyed this turn, remove all damage marked on it instead.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Arabian Nights
- Price
- $112.58
- EDHREC rank
- #29332
Pyramids lets you pay 1 mana to remove any enchantment from a land you control, making your lands immune to Spreading Seas, Blood Moon, and every Aura-based land hate in the format. The effect is narrow but absolute — if your meta punishes greedy manabases, Pyramids does a job nothing else does at this price point.
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 the only format where Pyramids earns a real conversation. Legacy and Vintage have access to it, but fast combo and permission-heavy environments have no interest in a 6-mana artifact that protects lands from enchantments — the threat profile doesn't match. In Commander, Pyramids finds its niche in greedily colored landbase decks that fear Blood Moon, Magus of the Moon, or Imprisoned in the Moon locking out a key permanent; one activation can reverse a game-altering lock piece. Oathbreaker is legal but the 60-card, faster pace makes the 6-mana entry cost hard to justify.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Pyramids has no true functional replacement — the activated-ability model that protects any land repeatedly is unique to it. Chaos Warp, Abrupt Decay, or nature's basic tool Nature's Claim can answer the same Blood Moon or land Aura the turn it lands, for a fraction of the cost, but they're reactive removal rather than a standing insurance policy the way Pyramids is.
Price Context
Current price
$112.58 premium tier
At $112.58, Pyramids sits in premium territory driven almost entirely by its age and narrow collectibility rather than widespread competitive demand. It holds its price because the supply is low and few reprints are likely, not because it's a format staple — buy it if you specifically need the effect, not as a store of value.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.