Unholy Citadel
Land
Black legendary creatures you control have "bands with other legendary creatures." (Any legendary creatures can attack in a band as long as at least one has "bands with other legendary creatures." Bands are blocked as a group. If at least two legendary creatures you control, one of which has "bands with other legendary creatures," are blocking or being blocked by the same creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Legends
- Price
- $5.56
- EDHREC rank
- #25337
Unholy Citadel pumps all your Clerics +1/+1 as a land, meaning the bonus costs you nothing in card slots. It's a free stat boost for any Cleric tribal deck, and that efficiency alone earns it a slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Unholy Citadel sees essentially all of its play in Commander, where Cleric tribal decks can reliably field enough bodies to make the anthem meaningful every game. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal, but Cleric tribal isn't a competitive archetype in either format, so it doesn't show up. Oathbreaker is the only other realistic home, and only if your signature spell supports a Cleric gameplan.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Unholy Citadel is already a budget card, so direct replacements are more about redundancy than savings. Starlit Sanctum and Battlefield Forge are Cleric-adjacent staples that serve different functions, but if you simply want more anthem effects in the same price range, Coat of Arms does more work — at the cost of helping your opponents' creature types too.
Price Context
Current price
$5.56 mid tier
At $5.56, Unholy Citadel sits in the mid tier — reasonable for a tribal land with no opportunity cost. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to spike, making it a stable pickup for any dedicated Cleric build.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.