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Sandsteppe Citadel TDM 0266 · uncommon

Sandsteppe Citadel · Land · This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W}, {B}, or {G}. · "The most important part of a stronghold isn't its armaments or its walls. It's the reason people have to defend it." —Gvar Barzeel, krumar captain

Sandsteppe Citadel · Land · This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W}, {B}, or {G}. · "The most important part of a stronghold isn't its armaments or its walls. It's the reason people have to defend it." —Gvar Barzeel, krumar captain

Price
from $0.281 printing
Win rate
54.0% GIH 24,781 instances · Premier Draft
Apr 8–May 14, 2025 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 13,379 wins in 24,781 card-in-hand instances.

23,781 distinct games · 8,935 distinct drafts · games recorded Apr 8–May 14, 2025.

17Lands file dated May 19, 2025 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗

Draft data

54.0%when drawn (GIH)

−1.0 pp vs 55.0% average · 24,781 instances

Premier Draft · Apr 8–May 14, 2025 · average from 552,428 games

Land · compared with other lands below · last seen around pick 3.7 on average (56,548 packs).

30 of 32 land cards.

Taken at pick5.011,790 picks
Makes the deck87.7%11,790 picks with known usage
When played53.6%54,972.6 matchesBenched 55.0%
4,798.4 matches
When drawn54.0%24,781 instances

Pick and maindeck observations: Apr 8–May 14, 2025. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.

○ Opening hand 55.7% · 10,949 instances
● Drawn later 52.6% · 13,832 instances

In hand 54.0% · 24,781 instances
Unseen in deck 53.6% · 33,325 instances
+0.4 percentage points when drawn

Compared with land cards

Win rate when drawn54.0%24,781 instances30 of 32
Opening hand55.7%10,949 instances21 of 32
Drawn later52.6%13,832 instances30 of 32
In the deck53.9%58,509 instances30 of 32
Without seeing it53.6%33,325 instances27 of 32
Improvement when drawn+0.4 pp24,781 instances / 33,325 instances21 of 32
When benched55.0%4,798.4 matches17 of 32
Makes the deck87.7%11,790 picks with known usage6 of 32
Pick (last seen)3.756,548 packs9 of 32
Taken at5.011,790 picks11 of 32

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

Sacrifice WB60.0%90 instances · under 100Counters BG56.1%98 instances · under 100Green–White GW35.3%17 instances · under 100

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (54.0% · 24,781 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 ↗ · Apr 8–May 14, 2025

Collect

1 printingScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

TDM 0266 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster · MTGO Redemption · Commander Deck Abzan Armor · Commander Decks Set of 5$0.28
FoilPlay Booster$0.35

How to get it

A fixed card in MTGO Redemption · Commander Deck Abzan Armor · Commander Decks Set of 5. It is not a booster pull, so no chance is claimed.

Wizards · Collecting Tarkir: Dragonstorm ↗ · 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
Diego Gisbert, TDM 266 · Scryfall ↗
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Sources
Wizards · Collecting Tarkir: Dragonstorm · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
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