Tournament Grounds
Land
: Add 
.: Add 
, 
, or 
. Spend this mana only to cast a Knight or Equipment spell.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BRW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Throne of Eldraine
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #11256
Tournament Grounds taps for any color your Knights, Equipment, and Equipment-matters spells need — entering untapped, no questions asked. The cost is real: it's a dead land in any deck that doesn't lean heavily on those two creature types and the artifact subtype, but in Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale builds it's about as close to a free inclusion as a dual gets.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale
Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale runs a three-way split of Knights, Equipment, and Equipment tutors, which means Tournament Grounds reliably produces the right color on the right turn without any life payment or conditional clause.
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 |
In Commander, Tournament Grounds earns its slot in exactly one archetype — Knight-tribal and Equipment shells — and earns it unconditionally there. Outside that lane, it's a tap land with no upside, so it never sees play in general builds. In Modern and Legacy, dedicated Equipment shells like Stoneblade and Aether Vial Knights have run it as a budget-friendly untapped dual, though fetchable duals crowd it out in higher-budget lists. Pioneer has no established Knight-Equipment crossover deck competitive enough to demand it, leaving Tournament Grounds as a fringe roleplayer there.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Tournament Grounds is bulk — you're paying almost nothing for an untapped dual that works in a narrow but well-supported archetype. Bulk rares with a specific niche tend to stay cheap, so don't expect this to move unless a new Knight or Equipment commander dramatically spikes the archetype's popularity.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.