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Moxonomy

Keldon Necropolis

Legendary Land

A repeatable damage source that lives on a land instead of a creature, which is precisely the trait that lets it survive where its creature-shaped cousins die. The first mode taps for colorless like any utility piece; the second pays four and red, eats a creature, and pings any target for two. That cost is deliberately punishing on three fronts: the generic mana, the red pip, and a body you have to feed the engine each time it fires. What you buy with that price is durability. A creature with a comparable activated ping folds to every sweeper, every spot-removal spell, every edict; a land that does the same work demands land destruction specifically, and few decks are equipped to answer a single source that way. The creature tax marries it naturally to sacrifice lines that already generate spare fodder, since each shot wants a body you were willing to lose. As a closer it converts a stalled board into reach, turning creatures that have stopped attacking into two-point bursts aimed wherever they matter. The legendary tag is the only brake on stacking copies, a relic of early-era design philosophy that leaned on the legend rule to balance utility lands rather than tightening activation costs. Note that it can never operate from a truly empty board: the sacrifice clause is part of the cost, so the engine is only live when you have a creature to spend.

Keldon Necropolis (vma)
VMA · #300rare
Pricing
Normal: $1.00
Foil: $16.07
Oracle Text

Rules text

Tap: Add Colorless mana. 4 generic manaRed mana, Tap, Sacrifice a creature: Keldon Necropolis deals 2 damage to any target.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
N/A
Modern
N/A
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
N/A
Historic
N/A
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
N/A
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
Legal
PreDH
Legal
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
N/A
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
Legal
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