Retreat to Valakut
Enchantment
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, choose one —
• Target creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.
• Target creature can't block this turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Battle for Zendikar
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #15622
Retreat to Valakut turns every land drop into a free bolt or a vigilance buff — the effect is real and it triggers on any land, not just Mountains. Five mana is the ask, and that's exactly why it lives in dedicated landfall decks rather than generic goodstuff piles.
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 the natural home for Retreat to Valakut — landfall commanders like Omnath, Locus of Rage and Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait generate enough land drops per turn to turn the enchantment into a removal engine or a combat trick stapled to your mana base. Outside Commander, Retreat to Valakut sees essentially no competitive play: Modern and Pioneer have faster, more reliable landfall payoffs and five mana is a steep investment in formats where the game often ends on turn four. Legacy and Vintage are similarly indifferent — the effect doesn't close games quickly enough to justify the slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Retreat to Valakut is deep bulk — easy to pick up in any trade binder or cheap online order without a second thought. Bulk enchantments with narrow homes rarely spike, so don't expect the price to move unless a new landfall commander pushes it into broader circulation.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.