Ancient Ziggurat
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
T: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a creature spell.
Rulings
2 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2009-02-01
Mana produced by Ancient Ziggurat can be spent on any part of a creature spell's total cost. This includes additional costs (such as kicker) and alternative costs (such as evoke or Worldheart Phoenix's alternative cost).
- 2009-02-01
Mana produced by Ancient Ziggurat can't be spent on activated abilities that put a creature card directly onto the battlefield, such as unearth or ninjutsu.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Ancient Ziggurat, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashling, the Limitless | 4 | 12 | 25% |
| Horde of Notions | 1 | 0 | — |
| Mass of Mysteries | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Five-Color 6 decks
Ancient Ziggurat price history
The Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander #144 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil |
|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2026 | $0.36 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | $0.36 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | $0.35 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | $0.34 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $0.33 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $0.34 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | $0.35 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $0.36 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $0.33 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | $0.35 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | $0.36 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $0.39 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $0.37 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $0.35 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $0.37 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | $0.36 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $0.34 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $0.35 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $0.34 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $0.33 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $0.31 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Ancient Ziggurat
5 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
- Normal
- $0.36
- Normal
- $2.24
Promo
Friday Night Magic 2010
- Foil
- $9.83
Premium Deck Series: Slivers
- Foil
- $3.28
- Normal
- $1.85
- Foil
- $10.98
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Ancient Ziggurat. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
