Temple of Silence
Land
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
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- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander 2021
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #273
Temple of Silence enters tapped, which is a real cost, but it replaces itself with a scry 1 — meaning every time you play it, you're smoothing your next draw while still hitting your land count. In Orzhov and multicolor shells where the scry synergizes with top-of-library manipulation, Aminatou, Veil Piercer in particular, it earns its slot over a basic every time.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Aminatou, Veil Piercer
Aminatou, Veil Piercer cares about permanents with different mana values, and Temple of Silence's scry 1 on entry directly feeds the top-deck manipulation that keeps her engine consistent across the late game.
Temmet, Naktamun's Will
Temmet, Naktamun's Will runs a tight Azorius-adjacent aggro plan where consistent mana and smooth draws matter more than raw speed, and Temple of Silence's scry 1 helps dig toward the token payoffs and anthem effects the deck needs on curve.
Felothar the Steadfast
Felothar the Steadfast runs long games that reward incremental card quality, and Temple of Silence fits cleanly into an Orzhov mana base that has no issue absorbing an enters-tapped land in exchange for scry smoothing.
Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign
Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign's entire game plan pivots on knowing and manipulating the top of the library, so Temple of Silence's scry trigger is a direct contribution to setting up the free-cast triggers she generates.
Olivia, Opulent Outlaw
Olivia, Opulent Outlaw funds a go-wide Vampire strategy that wants consistent black and white mana early, and Temple of Silence delivers both pips alongside a scry 1 that keeps the gas flowing into the mid-game.
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 |
Temple of Silence is legal across every major constructed format but sees virtually no play outside Commander — in Modern and Pioneer, enters-tapped dual lands are nearly unplayable in any deck fast enough to matter. In Commander, the calculus flips: a 100-card singleton format with slower average game states makes scry 1 on a dual land genuinely valuable, and the tempo loss of entering tapped is absorbed by turn three or four without consequence in most pods. Orzhov commanders in particular lean on Temple of Silence as a budget-accessible way to smooth draws while fixing mana, and the card appears in over half the Aminatou, Veil Piercer lists precisely because of how well scry interacts with top-of-library synergies. In Legacy and Vintage, it simply doesn't compete with fetch-shock infrastructure.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Temple of Silence is deep bulk — one of the cheapest dual lands available for any Orzhov mana base. That price is stable; it's been reprinted multiple times and supply is abundant, so there's no meaningful price floor to worry about when sleeving up a copy.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.