Captivating Cave LCI 0268 · common

Captivating Cave · Land — Cave · {T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Add one mana of any color. {4}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature. Activate only as a sorcery.
- Price
- from $0.161 printing
- Win rate
- 55.0% GIH 70,835 instances · Premier Draft
Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023 · 17Lands
Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 38,931 wins in 70,835 card-in-hand instances.
68,114 distinct games · 24,214 distinct drafts · games recorded Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023.
17Lands file dated Dec 27, 2023 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗
Draft data
−0.4 pp vs 55.3% average · 70,835 instances
Premier Draft · Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023 · average from 823,614 games
Land · compared with other lands below · last seen around pick 5.6 on average (229,182 packs).
17 of 39 land cards.
37,068.3 matches
Pick and maindeck observations: Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.
○ Opening hand 54.1% · 29,167 instances
● Drawn later 55.5% · 41,668 instances
In hand 55.0% · 70,835 instances
Unseen in deck 53.6% · 92,549 instances
+1.3 percentage points when drawn
Compared with land cards
Ranks require 100 observations for that metric; comparisons are descriptive, not a pick order. Pick ranks put earlier picks first.
Best decks for it
no-splash decks only · card-level in-hand rates · 100 minimum
Oltec Ingenuity WU56.9%6,329 instancesMalamet Tactics GW56.8%2,311 instancesFungal Festering BG56.0%2,935 instancesPirates' Plunder UR55.0%3,842 instancesDinosaurs of the Sun Empire RG54.6%4,723 instancesEchoes of the Dead UB53.8%3,434 instancesRiver Herald Expedition UG53.8%1,538 instancesDusk Legion Pilgrimage WB53.4%2,261 instancesThousand-Moon Legion RW53.1%3,518 instancesGoing Down! BR52.5%1,794 instancesEach tick is this card’s all-decks rate (55.0% · 70,835 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.
Card partners need a verified analysis of this format’s public game file.
17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023
Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.
| Finish | Found in | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Nonfoil | draft · set | $0.16 |
| Foil | Collector Booster · draft · set | $0.27 |
Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 27 packs (3.70%) · 36.4% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Foil in a draft · Modeled · About 1 in 565 packs (0.18%) · 6.2% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Nonfoil in a draft · Modeled · About 1 in 10 packs (10.00%) · 97.7% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Foil in a set · Modeled · About 1 in 40 packs (2.52%) · 53.5% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Nonfoil in a set · Modeled · About 1 in 13 packs (8.00%) · 91.8% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
How to pull it
Official rates for the whole category, not this card.
| Booster | Slot | Per pack | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Draft Booster | Common or traditional foil | 33% | Traditional foil of any rarity |
| Draft Booster | Land | 70% | Nonbasic Cave |
| Set Booster | Traditional foil of any rarity | 100% | Traditional foil of any rarity |
| Set Booster | Land | Regular cards in this group; no separate share published | Land · nonfoil |
| Set Booster | Land | Regular cards in this group; no separate share published | Land · foil |
| Collector Booster | Traditional foil commons | 100% per position | Traditional foil commons |
Wizards · Collecting The Lost Caverns of Ixalan ↗ · Oct 29, 2026
Details & sources
- Legal in
- Standard · Historic · Timeless · Pioneer · Modern · Legacy · Pauper · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
- Illustration
- Lorenzo Lanfranconi, LCI 268 · Scryfall ↗
- More like this
- Regular printing printings →
- Sources
- Wizards · Collecting The Lost Caverns of Ixalan · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗
