Treno, Dark City
Land — Town
This land enters tapped.
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- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Final Fantasy
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #5006
Treno, Dark City enters tapped and produces one mana of any color — the cost is real, but the payoff is a land that doubles as a creature tutor, letting you search your library for a creature card whenever you spend three or more mana at a single source. The Wandering Minstrel decks run it as a near-staple because the tutor trigger fires repeatedly and the color fixing is genuinely useful in multicolor builds.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Wandering Minstrel
The Wandering Minstrel's whole game plan involves generating value from high-mana activations, and Treno, Dark City's tutor trigger lines up perfectly — every big spend through the city finds you the next threat or combo piece.
Sephiroth, Planet's Heir
Sephiroth, Planet's Heir wants a steady stream of creatures to sacrifice and recur, and Treno, Dark City turns excess mana into direct library access, keeping the sacrifice engine fed without relying on draw.
Emet-Selch, Unsundered
Emet-Selch, Unsundered cares about replaying creatures from the graveyard, and Treno, Dark City gives the deck a way to fetch the right creature before it ever hits the bin, smoothing out the engine's setup turns.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Treno, Dark City earns its slot — three-mana-or-more activations happen constantly in a 100-card singleton format, so the tutor trigger is practically always live. Outside Commander, the card is legal across nearly every format but has almost no competitive presence; constructed formats demand speed and consistency that a tapped land with a conditional tutor can't provide. In Pauper it's technically legal but irrelevant — the format's mana constraints and pace leave no room for a slow utility land. Treat Treno, Dark City as a Commander-exclusive inclusion.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Treno, Dark City is bulk, which makes it an easy pickup for any deck that can trigger it consistently. Bulk rares from recent sets rarely appreciate unless a deck archetype breaks them wide open, so grab it for the utility and don't expect the price to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
- The Wandering Minstrel
- Sephiroth, Planet's Heir
- Emet-Selch, Unsundered
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.