Reliquary Tower
Land
You have no maximum hand size.
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- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Commander Legends
- Price
- $4.58
- EDHREC rank
- #10
Reliquary Tower is a free no-maximum-hand-size effect stapled to a land, and that combination makes it one of the most-included cards in the format. The only real trade-off worth flagging: it enters untapped but produces colorless mana, so in color-intensive builds it can compete with Sergeant John Benton and other utility slots for the "worth the colorless" threshold — and it clears that bar almost every time.
Where It Shines
Where the extra mana on turn one matters most
Big-mana shells like Ms. Bumbleflower
Ms. Bumbleflower builds churn through their library fast enough that hand-size becomes a constraint by turn four or five, and Reliquary Tower removes that ceiling without costing a spell slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Reliquary Tower earns its reputation — wheels, mass draw, and triggered card-draw engines routinely push hand sizes past seven, and a land that passively prevents forced discards at zero opportunity cost is difficult to argue against. In Modern and Legacy the card sees occasional sideboard play in specific control shells, but competitive non-rotating formats rarely generate the sustained card advantage needed to make the effect matter. Pioneer offers a middle ground: slower controlling builds can use it, but the format's threat density usually means you'd rather have a colored land. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander in this respect, especially with draw-heavy spellslingers.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$4.58 cheap tier
At $4.58, Reliquary Tower sits at the low end of Commander staples — you're paying for near-universal inclusion demand, not scarcity. It's been reprinted often enough that the price is unlikely to spike, making it a low-regret pickup at any point.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.