Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core
Matzalantli, the Great Door
Legendary Artifact
: Draw a card, then discard a card.
, : 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 —: Add X mana of any one color, where X is the number of permanent cards in your graveyard.Constructed
Commander
Arena
Other
Used in 61 known combosEDHREC #1,820Played in Under 1% of all cEDH decks
- Printings
- 2
- Price range
- $2.56to$3.46
Versions
2 printings · from $2.56
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Rulings
4 · latest Nov 10, 2023
- WotCNov 10, 2023
Cards with the ability word "fathomless descent" have abilities that care how many permanent cards are in your graveyard.
- WotCNov 10, 2023
Some descend triggered abilities include intervening "if" clauses (i.e. "if you have [four or eight] permanent cards in your graveyard" in the middle of the ability). Each of these abilities checks your graveyard at the moment it would trigger to see if it does. If you don't have the required number of permanent cards in your graveyard at that time, the ability doesn't trigger at all. If it does trigger, it will check again as it tries to resolve. If you don't have the required number of permanent cards in your graveyard at that time, the ability won't resolve and none of its effects will happen.
- WotCNov 10, 2023
The Core's activated ability is a mana ability. It doesn't use the stack and can't be responded to.
- WotCNov 10, 2023
Transforming Matzalantli doesn't cause it to leave the battlefield. It also doesn't cause it to become untapped.