Darksteel Citadel
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
What it does
Indestructible
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Combos with Darksteel Citadel
The lines this card is part of, what it needs alongside it, and what the cards do together. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.
- Bludgeon Brawl Cephalid Illusionist Infinite
- Infinite self-mill
- Karn, Silver Golem Salvaging Station Infinite
- Infinite artifact ETB
- Infinite artifact LTB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite landfall triggers
- Urza, Prince of Kroog Metalworker Retreat to Coralhelm Infinite
- Infinite colorless mana
- Infinite copies of artifacts you control
- Infinite creature tokens
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite landfall triggers
- Infinite creature copies of artifacts you control
- Goblin Welder Retreat to Coralhelm Ancient Den Infinite
- Infinite colorless mana
- Infinite landfall triggers
- Infinite white mana
- Prototype Portal Retreat to Coralhelm Ensoul Artifact Infinite
- Infinite colorless mana
- Infinite copies of a specific land
- Infinite landfall triggers
- Infinite colored mana
- Infinite Forest tokens
- Infinite Plains tokens
- Infinite Island tokens
- Infinite Mountain tokens
- Infinite Swamp tokens
- Tawnos, Solemn Survivor Retreat to Coralhelm Forsaken Monument Infinite
- Infinite landfall triggers
- Infinite self-mill
- Infinite tapped Mountain tokens
- Infinite tapped Island tokens
- Infinite tapped Forest tokens
- Infinite tapped Plains tokens
- Infinite tapped Swamp tokens
- Infinite tapped copies of a specific land
- Goblin Welder Retreat to Coralhelm Seat of the Synod Infinite
- Infinite blue mana
- Infinite colorless mana
- Infinite landfall triggers
- Goblin Welder Retreat to Coralhelm Great Furnace Infinite
- Infinite colorless mana
- Infinite landfall triggers
- Infinite red mana
Showing the 8 shortest and most explosive. This card appears in more than these. Follow any of them through to Commander Spellbook to browse the rest.
Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
Rulings
One official ruling, as Wizards published it.
- 2014-07-18
Although Darksteel Citadel is an artifact, it can't be cast as a spell. Playing it follows the normal rules for playing a land.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Darksteel Citadel, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sai, Master Thopterist | 9 | 1 | — |
| Urza, Lord High Artificer | 2 | 10 | 20% |
| Aloy, Savior of Meridian | 2 | 0 | — |
| Sami, Wildcat Captain | 2 | 0 | — |
| Toph, Hardheaded Teacher | 1 | 1 | — |
| Breya, Etherium Shaper | 1 | 0 | — |
| Tivit, Seller of Secrets | 1 | 0 | — |
| Tony Stark // The Invincible Iron Man | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Mono-Blue 11 decks
- Simic 2 decks
- Boros 2 decks
- Colorless 1 deck
- Gruul 1 deck
- Izzet 1 deck
- Esper 1 deck
- Four-Color (no Green) 1 deck
Darksteel Citadel price history
The Commander 2021 #285 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil |
|---|---|
| Nov 7, 2026 | $2.30 |
| Nov 4, 2026 | $2.32 |
| Nov 2, 2026 | $2.38 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | $2.40 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $2.43 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | $2.46 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $2.51 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $2.62 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | $2.63 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | $2.59 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $2.58 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $2.56 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $2.58 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $2.55 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | $2.54 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $2.64 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $2.66 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $2.78 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Darksteel Citadel
18 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
- $0.52
- Normal
- $1.46
- Normal
- $1.11
- Normal
- $3.38
Inverted
Secret Lair Drop
- Normal
- $22.76
- Foil
- $27.81
- Normal
- $2.30
- Normal
- $1.53
- Foil
- $2.74
- Normal
- $1.18
Commander 2018
- Normal
- $1.30
- Normal
- $1.32
Duel Decks: Elves vs. Inventors
- Normal
- $1.86
- Normal
- $1.26
- Normal
- $1.22
- Foil
- $2.02
- Normal
- $1.54
- Normal
- $1.53
- Foil
- $3.22
Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Tezzeret
- Normal
- $1.52
World Championship Decks 2004
- Normal
- $7.83
- Normal
- $2.34
- Foil
- $27.67
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Darksteel Citadel. 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.
