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Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core LCI 0256 · rare

Matzalantli, the Great Door · {3} · Legendary Artifact · {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card.
{4}, {T}: Transform Matzalantli. Activate only if there are four or more permanent types among cards in your graveyard. (Artifact, battle, creature, enchantment, land, and planeswalker are permanent types.)

Matzalantli, the Great Door · {3} · Legendary Artifact · {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card. {4}, {T}: Transform Matzalantli. Activate only if there are four or more permanent types among cards in your graveyard. (Artifact, battle, creature, enchantment, land, and planeswalker are permanent types.)

The Core · Legendary Land · (Transforms from Matzalantli.) Fathomless descent — {T}: Add X mana of any one color, where X is the number of permanent cards in your graveyard. · Centuries ago, under siege from the Mycotyrant, the Oltec sealed the Core off from the world... until Huatli's party arrived.

Price
from $2.352 printings
Win rate
49.1% GIH 2,970 instances · Premier Draft
Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 1,457 wins in 2,970 card-in-hand instances.

2,962 distinct games · 1,219 distinct drafts · games recorded Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023.

17Lands file dated Dec 27, 2023 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗

Draft data

49.1%when drawn (GIH)

−6.3 pp vs 55.3% average · 2,970 instances

Premier Draft · Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023 · average from 823,614 games

Land · compared with other lands below · last seen around pick 3.5 on average (18,544 packs).

38 of 39 land cards.

Taken at pick4.53,004 picks
Makes the deck40.8%3,004 picks with known usage
When played50.0%6,119.3 matchesBenched 53.5%
8,536.7 matches
When drawn49.1%2,970 instances

Pick and maindeck observations: Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.

○ Opening hand 45.9% · 1,185 instances
● Drawn later 51.1% · 1,785 instances

In hand 49.1% · 2,970 instances
Unseen in deck 49.9% · 4,154 instances
−0.9 percentage points when drawn

Compared with land cards

Win rate when drawn49.1%2,970 instances38 of 39
Opening hand45.9%1,185 instances39 of 39
Drawn later51.1%1,785 instances36 of 39
In the deck49.7%7,177 instances37 of 39
Without seeing it49.9%4,154 instances34 of 39
Improvement when drawn−0.9 pp2,970 instances / 4,154 instances31 of 39
When benched53.5%8,536.7 matches39 of 39
Makes the deck40.8%3,004 picks with known usage29 of 39
Pick (last seen)3.518,544 packs18 of 39
Taken at4.53,004 picks18 of 39

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

Dusk Legion Pilgrimage WB55.4% ◌195 instancesPirates' Plunder UR55.3% ◌132 instancesFungal Festering BG51.3% ◌341 instancesOltec Ingenuity WU51.1% ◌223 instancesGoing Down! BR50.0% ◌226 instancesEchoes of the Dead UB46.0% ◌400 instancesThousand-Moon Legion RW41.2% ◌102 instancesMalamet Tactics GW46.2%39 instances · under 100Dinosaurs of the Sun Empire RG43.2%88 instances · under 100River Herald Expedition UG41.1%56 instances · under 100

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (49.1% · 2,970 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

Collect

2 printingsScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

LCI 0256 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
Nonfoildraft · set$2.35
FoilCollector Booster · draft · set$3.43

Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 75 packs (1.33%) · 14.9% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a draft · Modeled · About 1 in 1,507 packs (0.07%) · 2.4% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a draft · Modeled · About 1 in 75 packs (1.33%) · 38.3% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a set · Modeled · About 1 in 549 packs (0.18%) · 5.3% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a set · Modeled · About 1 in 66 packs (1.51%) · 36.6% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

How to pull it

Official rates for the whole category, not this card.

BoosterSlotPer packCategory
Draft BoosterCommon or traditional foil33%Traditional foil of any rarity
Draft BoosterRare or mythic rare100%Rare or mythic rare
Set BoosterMain-set rare or mythic100%Main-set rare or mythic
Set BoosterTraditional foil of any rarity100%Traditional foil of any rarity
Set BoosterWildcards100% per positionWildcards
Collector BoosterTraditional foil rare or mythic85.3%Rare

Wizards · Collecting The Lost Caverns of Ixalan ↗ · Oct 29, 2026

Details & sources

Legal in
Standard · Historic · Timeless · Pioneer · Modern · Legacy · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
Illustration
Piotr Dura, LCI 256 · 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 ↗