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.)
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
−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.
8,536.7 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 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
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 100Each 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
Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.
| Finish | Found in | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Nonfoil | draft · set | $2.35 |
| Foil | Collector 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.
| Booster | Slot | Per pack | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Draft Booster | Common or traditional foil | 33% | Traditional foil of any rarity |
| Draft Booster | Rare or mythic rare | 100% | Rare or mythic rare |
| Set Booster | Main-set rare or mythic | 100% | Main-set rare or mythic |
| Set Booster | Traditional foil of any rarity | 100% | Traditional foil of any rarity |
| Set Booster | Wildcards | 100% per position | Wildcards |
| Collector Booster | Traditional foil rare or mythic | 85.3% | 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 ↗
